Ми-ми-милиция!

[i_eron]

Израильское Археологическое Управление призывает всех дикобразов воздержаться от рытья нор на археологических объектах и предупреждает, что рытьё на археологическом объекте без официального разрешения есть уголовное преступление. [Ира Хоровиц из ИАУ, про масляную лампу VII века, откопанную дикобразом в Эмек Хефер

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[nu57]

А ещё есть вот такая книжка, основанная, в том числе, на эссе "Bugs and Beasts before the Law" и рассказывающая о разных судебных процессах над животными. "Animals, which were in the service of man, could be arrested, tried, convicted and executed, like any other members of his household; it was, therefore, not necessary to summon them to appear in court at a specified time to answer for their conduct, and thus make them, in the strict sense of the term, a party to the prosecution, for the sheriff had already taken them in charge and consigned them to the custody of the jailer. Insects and rodents, on the other hand, which were not subject to human control and could not be seized and imprisoned by the civil authorities, demanded the intervention of the Church and the exercise of its supernatural functions for the purpose of compelling them to desist from their devastations and to retire from all places devoted to the production of human sustenance. The only feasible method of staying the ravages of these swarms of noxious creatures was to resort to “metaphysical aid” and to expel or exterminate them by sacerdotal conjuring and cursing."

Так что против твоего грызуна-дикобраза нельзя применять уголовное преследование - нужен экзорцизм. Впрочем, в Израиле такое практиковалось и по отношению к людям, занимающимся раскопками.

[i_eron]

Какая замечательная книжка:

There are men apparently less intelligent than apes. Why then should the man be capitally punished and the ape not brought to trial? And if the ape be made responsible and punishable, why not the dog, the horse, the pig, and the cat? In other words, does evolutionary criminology justify the judicial proceedings instituted by mediæval courts against animals or regard the typical human criminal as having in this respect no supremacy over the beast? Does modern science take us back to the barbarities of the Middle Ages in matters of penal legislation, and in abolishing judicial procedure against quadrupedal beasts is it thereby logically forced to stay the hand of justice uplifted against bipedal brutes?