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No 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.com)
submitted 9 months ago by SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 61 points 9 months ago

TIL "quartering troops" means giving them shelter, not cutting them into four pieces... makes much more sense now!

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

Don't do that either.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Let's not be hasty here. We haven't explored all the pros and cons of drawing and quartering the troops yet

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Pro: don't have to pay veteran benefits

Con: hard to get people to enlist

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Pro: it's fun

Con: soldiers will catch on and they're heavily armed

[-] whoelectroplateuntil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Where will we get enough horses?!

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