(February 3, 2017 at 9:58 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 3, 2017 at 9:52 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: I wonder why he confessed? Is he getting a lighter sentence out of it?
He confessed because the peelers have a habit of giving wood shampoos to those who don't. Not saying he's not guilty, mind, just that after enough thumpings and associated unpleasantness, most people will confess to sinking the Lusitania.
Boru
That's true for the casual criminal and terrorist but it doesn't apply to the really hard-core type.
A classic example is in 2 Maccabees chapter 7 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...ersion=CEB
[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Maccabees+7&version=CEB][/url]If the Royal Marine had really been committed to the cause he ratted out on he would have bitten off his tongue instead of talking about his crimes.
