@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 days agoMay we never know his name.lemmy.worldmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up11.04K
arrow-up11.04KimageMay we never know his name.lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish51•3 days agoI feel like that’s possibly a prelude to setting up a scapegoat. You can’t let people think he got away with it.
minus-squareCruxifuxlinkfedilink18•3 days agoI think that’s entirely possible. If this guy gets away Scott free and people know he did? Expect more attempts at CEO murder.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•3 days agoOne t in scot-free. From Scotland, where there are 3 possible verdicts to a murder trial: Guilty Not Guilty Not Proven In the 3rd instance, we may or may not all know you did it, but the State couldn’t prove their case, so you get away scot-free.
minus-squareCruxifuxlinkfedilink18•3 days agoOh no shit eh? I was actually wondering as I typed that what the proper way to spell it was and where it came from. Thanks man!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•3 days agoAccording to this, it had originally literally meant “exempt from royal tax”: https://www.etymonline.com/word/scot-free#etymonline_v_22952
I feel like that’s possibly a prelude to setting up a scapegoat. You can’t let people think he got away with it.
I think that’s entirely possible. If this guy gets away Scott free and people know he did? Expect more attempts at CEO murder.
One t in scot-free.
From Scotland, where there are 3 possible verdicts to a murder trial:
Guilty
Not Guilty
Not Proven
In the 3rd instance, we may or may not all know you did it, but the State couldn’t prove their case, so you get away scot-free.
Oh no shit eh? I was actually wondering as I typed that what the proper way to spell it was and where it came from. Thanks man!
According to this, it had originally literally meant “exempt from royal tax”: https://www.etymonline.com/word/scot-free#etymonline_v_22952