Re: Teshnos in HW: Glorantha and HQ Voices

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_SwmuT5af3nX1cHVYOq3FD4KgOQSTrGU0iPdMs4qoH1H4aNDGhaKWam5JziIwIx0gRG3>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:27:54 +1300

Todd Gardiner wrote:
> This also suggests that the death penalty for crimes is sort of pointless?
> How do you punish criminals when their death just means that they re-enter
> society?

Because the act of dying is considered sufficient restitution just as the action of paying weregild is considered sufficient restitution among the Orlanthi. If the murderer has murdered more than one person, then he dies multiple times.

--Peter Metcalfe