SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to People Twitter · 10 months agoNo Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1675arrow-down113
arrow-up1662arrow-down1imageNo Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.lemmy.dbzer0.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to People Twitter · 10 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down2·10 months agoTIL “quartering troops” means giving them shelter, not cutting them into four pieces… makes much more sense now!
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·10 months agoDon’t do that either.
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoLet’s not be hasty here. We haven’t explored all the pros and cons of drawing and quartering the troops yet
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoPro: don’t have to pay veteran benefits Con: hard to get people to enlist
minus-squareBigDanishGuylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoPro: it’s fun Con: soldiers will catch on and they’re heavily armed
TIL “quartering troops” means giving them shelter, not cutting them into four pieces… makes much more sense now!
Don’t do that either.
Let’s not be hasty here. We haven’t explored all the pros and cons of drawing and quartering the troops yet
Pro: don’t have to pay veteran benefits
Con: hard to get people to enlist
Pro: it’s fun
Con: soldiers will catch on and they’re heavily armed
Where will we get enough horses?!