This is why a free society is evil. (fwd)

[Jim Choate]

On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Tiarnan O Corrain wrote:

> Not quite true. It was the symbol carried by Roman jurists as a sign of
> their authority. A weapon, perhaps, but not used for cracking heads.

Not quite accurate either. Forward to sophist pendantry!

>From one site I found using google and 'fasces'...

Ancient Roman symbol of the regal and later the magisterial authority. The
fasces were cylindrical buncles of wooden rods, tied tightly together,
from which an axe projected; they were borne by guards, called lictors,
before preators, consuls, proconsuls, dictators, and emporors. The fasces,
which symbolize unity as well as power, have often been used as emblems.

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