• stevehobbes@lemy.lol
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    10 months ago

    Ostracism only required a vote, no crime, and no defense was allowed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism

    The penalty for returning was death.

    Presumably even though there were no border controls, they would kill you if you returned.

    Honestly, I’m not sure what the fixation with a guy in a booth is about. Whether you get denied entry and they throw you out, or if they exile or ostracize you, what’s the difference?

      • stevehobbes@lemy.lol
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        10 months ago

        But if you can throw people out, and kill them when they come back why is it that different?

        • OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          10 months ago

          Denying entry to random people is different than telling someone to leave?

          Imagine the difference between a bar with a bouncer at the door and a bar without, and then apply that principle at a much larger scale.

          • stevehobbes@lemy.lol
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            10 months ago

            Honestly, it seems the same. If a bar doesn’t want Jews in it and the bartender asks everyone if they’re Jewish or a bouncer at the door feels like a distinction without a difference.

            There’s no additional liberty, the people who own the bar set the rules.

            • OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              10 months ago

              But it makes it much harder to control who is in a space, which means in practice there are additional liberties.