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John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of… (europe.pub)
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Full title: John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of condemned Nazis.

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[–] 35 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

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  • [–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    Is this a problem? I dont use reddit and like seeing (proven) interesting posts here?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (9 children)

    It’s not a problem if you’re not worried about one person monopolizing a community by using a script to repost the top posts in a community of seventeen million but if you don’t have a problem with that why not just use Reddit instead?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    Lots of reasons people don't use reddit but still want content

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  • [+] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    In some ways it is easier if it comes from one account. Easier to block if you don't like, and less chance of duplicate posts.

    I guess I'm not seeing the issue from having it come from one bot.

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  • [+] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    if it was just one bot it wouldn't be as much of an issue, the problem is it's more than one. I've already blocked two eerily similar repost accounts on other comms and I don't want to keep playing whack-a-mole

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