Policing London - The Thief-Taker General - Extra History - Part 1
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Published 2019-11-30
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All Comments (21)
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Thief-Taker General and Cutthroat Criminal Mastermind? Get yourself someone who can do both.
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"Running a prominent gang known as The Mathematicians." I mean, if you ask most people, multiplication and division are really scary.
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Wilde: "He's a liar!" Public: "hm yeah yeah" Wilde: "and... gay" Public: GASP
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Ah so Wilde used the tried and true argument to discredit someone “Ur gay”
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Hitchen: "Wilde is a thief! Wilde: "Hitchen is Gay!" Everyone else: "huh, he makes a point"
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"He runs a criminal empire" Georgians: Hmmm "He also is gay" Georgians: Now that's it! Do him in!
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side note: discharging soldiers and sailors at this time period also lead to The Golden Age of Piracy.
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So really harsh penalties DIDN’T deter crime? Well I guess it’s a good thing no one’s ever tried doing that again
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The biggest thing that they didn’t understand is that over-harsh punishments will not deter crime because if you have no other options then the benefits of the crime outweigh the punishment as long as you don’t get caught.
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So in case anyone was ever wondering about real-life thieves guilds, I guess this would be a good one?
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So for profit prisons don’t work. Gee, I hope we never repeat tha. Oh. Oh.
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So this is exactly where Pratchett got the idea that the Thieves' Guild was the de facto police force in Ankh-Morpork before the City Watch got their act together
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Imagine being in a brothel then hearing people scream "run! its the bloody mathematicians "
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Hitchen: I'm about to end this man's whole career Wild: **UNO REVERSE CARD**
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"Left his wife and son..." Later "his new girlfriend"... Did his wife and son ever see all the papers on him and go 'wow I wish he would come back sometime"
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this is totally a tv series that I would watch!! I've NEVER heard of this man, and honestly? sometimes reality is truly stranger than fiction.
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"He ran a prominent gang named the Mathematicians" Huh, never knew that my Math Teacher was a Gang Member
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The sad irony of a place supposed to reform criminals actually turning into THE place to train them... This episode is great, what a story! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!
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EC: (describes pickpockets taking advantage of crowds watching an execution) Me: (gets a Skyrim flashback)
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My favorite part of Extra History is how they switch the art style every series.
