Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
Danton quite famously requested for his head to be displayed ("Show my head to the crowd, it is worth at least that"), which he wouldn't have if that were the usual procedure.
Jeez that's a badass line.
Quote Originally Posted by mjasghar View Post
Pulling a lever is very different to hacking someone’s head of personally.
Not when the lever hacks the head off. That's direct causation. No different than firing a gun (quite literally, in this case).