Can Animals Commit Crimes?

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  • @treeshakertucker5840
    @treeshakertucker5840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15166

    This is gloriously stupid and I love it!

    • @divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657
      @divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      I am disappointed at levels that cannot be described

    • @highlybased107
      @highlybased107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      how is this comment 2 weeks old and the video just came out

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Definitely worth a detour to 14th century France

    • @krcrk
      @krcrk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      esems shirt patreon privilege

    • @ledibak7735
      @ledibak7735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@highlybased107 I guess the video was unlisted for 2 weeks for patrons.

  • @REDKILLER1251
    @REDKILLER1251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8178

    Everybody gangsta till the rats start committing tax fraud

    • @jonyahraus4283
      @jonyahraus4283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      The rats are friends with Yoshi

    • @dacreator1226
      @dacreator1226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      everybody gangsta till duolingo takes your family hostage

    • @youreallinsane
      @youreallinsane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      One of my favorite comments on YT

    • @mongrel8621
      @mongrel8621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@dacreator1226 dead meme

    • @dacreator1226
      @dacreator1226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@mongrel8621 you're goddamn right

  • @SnowyJakub
    @SnowyJakub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6817

    The rat story is a next level shitpost so far ahead of it's time

    • @anonym3
      @anonym3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Yee

    • @paichni3474
      @paichni3474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      They had cat assassins XD

    • @dazey856
      @dazey856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      @@paichni3474 dude that had me dead that he claimed they were assassins lmao

    • @lobster9059
      @lobster9059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      theres also the one dude who sold shitty copper

    • @Mochi_Wan
      @Mochi_Wan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fr man

  • @dazey856
    @dazey856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    That man was a genius for choosing to make a name for himself by defending rats

    • @flexprime2010
      @flexprime2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      it does please the horned rat yes-yes

    • @syourke3
      @syourke3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sammy “The Bull” Gravano?

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lawyers always defend their own kind.

    • @lysidplontger3980
      @lysidplontger3980 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought that's what all lawyers did

    • @Atomhaz
      @Atomhaz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And it worked because we are still talking about him!

  • @grace5033
    @grace5033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    Fun fact: most lizards have not committed war crimes against Yugoslavia (key word: MOST)

    • @AshEnbyy
      @AshEnbyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm sorry... what?- 💀
      Please tell me what kind of war crime against Yugoslavia was committed by a frickin lizard

    • @selahanany5645
      @selahanany5645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@AshEnbyy a green one

    • @AshEnbyy
      @AshEnbyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@selahanany5645 ah yes, thank you for that information. I would have never thought of that if you didn't tell me! now all my questions have been answered :)

    • @selahanany5645
      @selahanany5645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@AshEnbyy you are welcome :)

    • @chinsaw2727
      @chinsaw2727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@AshEnbyy Godzilla

  • @ldtobi1
    @ldtobi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4661

    Prisoner: “How’d you get in here?”
    Pig: “Oink.”
    Prisoner: “Wow, I only murdered a few people.”

    • @SamTheEnglishTeacher
      @SamTheEnglishTeacher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Murderers were executed pretty quickly. The practice of housing, clothing and feeding ruthless animals for 20+ years started very very recently (and will probably end once people can no longer ignore how unsustainable it is, both in terms of finance and genetic load). Sorry for my bad English.

    • @flipflop_bell
      @flipflop_bell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      technoblade

    • @FunAngelo2005
      @FunAngelo2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@flipflop_bell i knew it was coming,but i did not know from where

    • @lostmykeys85
      @lostmykeys85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Are those fists?
      OINK

    • @CrabmanReturns
      @CrabmanReturns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Prisoner: how’d you get in here?
      Rock:
      Prisoner: You’re insane dude

  • @hogndog2339
    @hogndog2339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3891

    Judge: Do you have anything to say about this?
    Roof tile:
    Judge: Guilty

    • @TimThomason
      @TimThomason 4 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      "You are hereafter exiled from this city."

    • @chamuchamupalchamperry6686
      @chamuchamupalchamperry6686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      "I didn't kill the man, The Knife did it!"
      The Knife:
      "See? It can't deny it!"

    • @editsonimovie8681
      @editsonimovie8681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Chamuchamu Palcham Perry
      Knife:
      P-pweaz don’t hewt me ;-;

    • @ender01o66
      @ender01o66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@editsonimovie8681 XD

    • @dumbass3618
      @dumbass3618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It seems funny right but before science people had no way to gauge the intelligence of animals.

  • @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
    @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. ปีที่แล้ว +52

    0:44 "Chassenée was looking to make a name for himself"
    Given that we're talking about this 500 years later, it would appear that he was successful. It would also appear, interestingly, that this may never have actually happened, but then history is full of such interesting tidbits.

    • @Chungus581
      @Chungus581 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He became a pretty prominent lawyer and his work influenced the Napoleonic Code

  • @cucamonga95
    @cucamonga95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    “No harm, no fowl” made me audibly laugh for the first time in probably two weeks and I’m grateful for that. Thanks

  • @BalsticMaker12
    @BalsticMaker12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3985

    And we thought having parrots as witnesses in court is already weird enough.

    • @aguynamedsmith6489
      @aguynamedsmith6489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      Please be a reference to what I think you're referencing

    • @avatarwan5824
      @avatarwan5824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @@aguynamedsmith6489 Ace Attorney!!!!!

    • @Tuntor689
      @Tuntor689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Reality imitates art

    • @user-cu6ns6ww1h
      @user-cu6ns6ww1h 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@avatarwan5824 More like... ASS ATTORNEY

    • @petalleaf2808
      @petalleaf2808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@avatarwan5824 Ace Attorney? I thought it was that one TH-cam video where a parrot was a witness to their owner's murder by her brother/friend, since the husband noticed how strange the parrot acted around the brother/friend after the wife's murder.

  • @Sternab
    @Sternab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3060

    "He was being annoying but kinda had a point" So like most lawyers then?

    • @sinfulloccultist950
      @sinfulloccultist950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      *Wright

    • @trueberry4094
      @trueberry4094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@sinfulloccultist950 I don’t see any grammer mistakes?

    • @laysthechip3356
      @laysthechip3356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@trueberry4094 …Phoenix Wright..ace attorney reference

    • @trueberry4094
      @trueberry4094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@laysthechip3356 oh lol my bad

    • @il00vemoney
      @il00vemoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sinfulloccultist950 right*

  • @StarbitzTheSpookyClown
    @StarbitzTheSpookyClown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    “I murdered a man, what are you in for.”
    A gold fish:

  • @hairlessgrizzly559
    @hairlessgrizzly559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    *minor inconvenience occurs*
    The Church: "Wouldn't that make you...
    GUILTY!?"

  • @niklimnat1061
    @niklimnat1061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1587

    yall worrying about animals being convicted of crimes, but inanimate objects tho

    • @X606
      @X606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      This lamp burned Larry, so we should burn it!

    • @Pb0b178
      @Pb0b178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      "A murderous roof tile"

    • @ThreeBeeHDb
      @ThreeBeeHDb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@Pb0b178The Dad: BILLY! ARE YOU THRO...
      The Dad: *sees dead body*
      The Dad: Billy, why is our neighbor dead?
      Billy: IT WAS THE ROCK!!!
      The Dad: *looks at bloody rock*
      *one trial later*
      City: BURN THE ROCK!!!

    • @spudsbuchlaw
      @spudsbuchlaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Blender found guilty after dedickitating multipul people

    • @dust1077
      @dust1077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This deserves more likes

  • @theodoric7335
    @theodoric7335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9814

    As soon as we stopped animal trials we had some of the deadliest wars in history including WW1 and WW2, I rest my case

    • @Phelan666
      @Phelan666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +309

      30 years war was, proportionally, far more devastating.

    • @theodoric7335
      @theodoric7335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      @@Phelan666 People don't know it very well so I didn't mention it

    • @whoareyou1034
      @whoareyou1034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I mean, he is not wrong...

    • @dajjukunrama5695
      @dajjukunrama5695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Nothing explains the EU 4Head

    • @mrniceguy7168
      @mrniceguy7168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Yellow King ahh, never fails, someone says something funny and someone has to say “akshually...”

  • @nekrouni8497
    @nekrouni8497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    The rat case is proof of how flexible the court can be
    Also this is funny as fuck

  • @Soreshy
    @Soreshy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The rats right before the incident:
    _Rats, we're rats, we're the rats!_
    _We pray at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats!_
    *I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules!*
    _Let's see what kind of trouble we get ourselves into~_

  • @shunyat9023
    @shunyat9023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +567

    Imagine spending 20 years to become a lawyer and your debut case was defending a random chicken, also you lost.

  • @wittycommentator
    @wittycommentator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1432

    Your honor, I'm just a simple country lawyer. But I do declare that my client did not intend to lay that egg

    • @refinedwrath9030
      @refinedwrath9030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Is that a futurama reference?

    • @big_egg953
      @big_egg953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      egg

    • @zacri9434
      @zacri9434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      egg

    • @xxXXXxxx852
      @xxXXXxxx852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty sure he did it to offend me.

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@refinedwrath9030
      "Now, I know it must be awfully scary in that there witness stand, but there's nothing to fear, darlin'. BAGAWK! Oh, I'm sorry - I thought you was corn."

  • @sevendeadlysquids404
    @sevendeadlysquids404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Brings a whole new meaning to “kangaroo court”

  • @nitroboosting1622
    @nitroboosting1622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love how the lawyer Starts making Childish reasons then actually making a point

  • @howdyciaody
    @howdyciaody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1321

    Imagine not being a featureless square and having to keep a strait face, calling cats assasins in court like that

    • @fedos
      @fedos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      IIRC there was a case in the US where it was charged that a political candidate won unfairly because his supporters were shooting at his opponents who approached the polling location. The judge ruled that it was fair because basically anyone who was sufficiently brave would have been able to continue through the gunfire.
      Wish I could remember the details better than that so I could properly verify it.

    • @CareerKnight
      @CareerKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@fedos That sounds deeply stupid, unfortunately that has nothing to do with whether it happened or not.

    • @fedos
      @fedos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@CareerKnight The stupidity of it is probably why it stuck with me, real or not.

    • @fernandoalmeida2491
      @fernandoalmeida2491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fedos haha I wanted to read this story, but I sadly couldnt find

    • @fedos
      @fedos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@fernandoalmeida2491 Yeah, whenever I try to find it again I end up with recent voting rights rulings. We're talking about something I read about 20 years ago.

  • @marcosbravo9645
    @marcosbravo9645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3006

    "so the rats could get their affairs in order"
    Congratulations, two minutes in and I already lost it.

    • @e1123581321345589144
      @e1123581321345589144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I also loved the bit with the cat assassins.
      lmao :)))

    • @xxXXXxxx852
      @xxXXXxxx852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What did you lose?

    • @236_muhammadfadlirakananda2
      @236_muhammadfadlirakananda2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      the swirling rats sent me 😭😭

    • @user-dg9xy9sm5e
      @user-dg9xy9sm5e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@xxXXXxxx852 he meant he burst out in laughter or he genuinely smiled or something similar to that.

    • @YoungOddo
      @YoungOddo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mafrandaa please move your cats indoors so rats can come😭Imagine tryna explain that to somebody

  • @Sponsorbagel
    @Sponsorbagel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    i'm pretty sure i heard of a guy who got a prison sentence because "his" fingerprints were found on a dead body. turns out that it was a koala who killed the deceased person, they suspected him because koala fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from human fingerprints and this koala's prints were basically the same as the supposed murderer. this would suck so hard lmao

    • @The_ZeroLine
      @The_ZeroLine 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol, yeah, no.

  • @quandaledingle113
    @quandaledingle113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Severely underrated video. I keep coming back to rewatch it ven though I don’t even rewatch movies/shows I love.

  • @nekomancer1495
    @nekomancer1495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

    "Rat rattington, you are guilty of tax fraud. how do you plead?"
    **"RAT NOISES"**

    • @somerandomguy6363
      @somerandomguy6363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      GUILTY! DEATH TO YOU RAT RATTINGTON!

    • @BrokensoulRider
      @BrokensoulRider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ratatatatatatatatatatatta sqeek squeek.

    • @rexroyulada6267
      @rexroyulada6267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Glorious

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      No, it was Nibbles Rat (name translated from medieval French), and his family. Rattington lives in England.

    • @TruthNerds
      @TruthNerds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Poor Rat Rattington, somebody must've ratted him out.

  • @richardcyr9040
    @richardcyr9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    The judge: "Do you understand the charges against you?"
    The pig: "Squeak."

    • @ewantaylor2758
      @ewantaylor2758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Judge: "Pig, you are accused of mixing up the village stockpiles of Oil and Ink, what exactly where you trying to achieve?"
      Pig: "Oink"

    • @cheemsdog7662
      @cheemsdog7662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hes a dad and a criminal! XD

    • @pcslug3122
      @pcslug3122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ewantaylor2758 good one!

    • @bearmarco1944
      @bearmarco1944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ewantaylor2758 Ignorantia juris non excusat!

  • @Reirek
    @Reirek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    “It’s remarkable something like this was coming out of the church in the 13th century”
    Believe me, Aquinas is probably the smartest man to ever have lived. His theories and theology were so batshit crazy at the time, but a lot of what he said about the ‘natural world’ was proven by science over 700 years later

    • @josephfox9221
      @josephfox9221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      personally I would have to say Palamas had a better grasp of theology

    • @dazey856
      @dazey856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      There have a been several people to be way beyond their time but at this point it’ll rare to have anyone like them since there’s only so much we can really progress by at a time

    • @TheMylittletony
      @TheMylittletony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A lot of his stuff was batshit crazy too.

    • @JP-rf8rr
      @JP-rf8rr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wouldn't say "batshit" crazy at the time. I don't think bonoventure, Henry Genet, Scotus, Lomard, or Anselm disagree too significantly on theology. Henry and Bonoventure were more Augustinian, Scotus takes some new directions in line of the Franciscans, but they're not that far removed from each other.

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aquinas was a gift to the world who has been up to now unmatched. The secular world sadly understates his philosophy.

  • @tempest225
    @tempest225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    When you're such a good lawyer you save rats from a lawsuit:

  • @TheModernMartialArtist
    @TheModernMartialArtist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2071

    Easy way to tell if the rooster was guilty: Did it weigh the same as a witch?

    • @guyanon
      @guyanon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Is this a crossover Episode? My 2 favourite YTers

    • @JodenPaoloPeroy
      @JodenPaoloPeroy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      But does it float?

    • @rockCity777
      @rockCity777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@JodenPaoloPeroy Yes it does. So it's made of wood.

    • @irongeneral7861
      @irongeneral7861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      BURRRRRRN HIM!

    • @JodenPaoloPeroy
      @JodenPaoloPeroy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@rockCity777 could be a duck?

  • @frosty2579
    @frosty2579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1883

    He should have just said the court notice was in a language the rats could not read so the notices would have to be written in rat and just left it at that to screw with the judge

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      There was a lot of other arguments that would of been impossible to resolvable for the court.

    • @ccvcharger
      @ccvcharger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +450

      Objection! If a rat can learn to cook by reading a French cookbook, then it is completely rational to believe that rats can read a court notice that is also posted in French.

    • @______608
      @______608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Same thing I thought here...

    • @______608
      @______608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@ccvcharger Hahahaha Ratatouille!!!!

    • @maxscott3349
      @maxscott3349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      Why didn't they speak the local language? They immigrated legally, didn't they?

  • @internet_introvert
    @internet_introvert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Nature is actually inclined towards "meh, good enough"

    • @Kimmie6772
      @Kimmie6772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh look, his horns are going through his skull. What? They had babies already? Eh, good enough.

  • @Vortexiiixii
    @Vortexiiixii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Rats: Thank you, here's your money.
    Lawyer: It is nice working with you.
    *Phoneix Wright: Ace Attorney theme song*

    • @philip8498
      @philip8498 หลายเดือนก่อน

      rats: when the going gets tough, you dont want a criminal laywer, you want a *criminal* lawyer
      Rat lawyer: Hi, im saul goodman! did you know that you have rights?

  • @FyWhy
    @FyWhy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1770

    Pope: I excommunicate this foul mole
    Farmer: You have gained "excommunicated" CB against a mole.

    • @respublica4373
      @respublica4373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Men of culture are in this comment section.

    • @viniciusteixeira6736
      @viniciusteixeira6736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Bah, why bother with christian CB, just turn pagan and conquer those cross worhsipers

    • @alanetchetto8908
      @alanetchetto8908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@viniciusteixeira6736 I found the pagan mole guys

    • @markay779
      @markay779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@viniciusteixeira6736 Why bother with pagans? Just convert to zoroastrianism and marry your sister.

    • @tdoge
      @tdoge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@vincentiusvincentius7557 >Farmer pays 100 gold
      To whom exactly??

  • @geraldysjunk
    @geraldysjunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2609

    The first story sounds like something Sam O Nella should cover

  • @noahkhan206
    @noahkhan206 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your use of music and timing is amazing, love your videos!

  • @julienh3965
    @julienh3965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is by far the best video on the internet today. Historia Civilis is some kind of genius

  • @BeelZeDemon
    @BeelZeDemon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1597

    I'd feel sorry for the rooster but we can't take chances with basilisks. In fact, since no basilisk attacked the village, the rooster was obviously guilty, and the plot of the local witch was thwarted.

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Indeed! They did save the city from a giant snake attack, im sure the Rooster was disapointed that the villagers saw throught his machiavellic plan!

    • @lucky-yv5yn
      @lucky-yv5yn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Somebody’s about to get wooshed.

    • @mushroomflow8499
      @mushroomflow8499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lucky-yv5yn whoosh

    • @lucky-yv5yn
      @lucky-yv5yn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mushroom Flow What joke did I miss...? Also, I hate it when people use woosh on TH-cam lol. You probably have no idea what it actually is, or have never actually seen r/woooosh, judging by your spelling of it.

    • @mushroomflow8499
      @mushroomflow8499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@lucky-yv5yn I'm sorry I just got irritated by your response in this reply section

  • @cartmann94
    @cartmann94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    Rat Lawyer: Your magistrate, my clients can't appear at this trial. They're surrounded by assassins!
    Julius Caesar: Did somebody say Assassins?!?

    • @physical_insanity
      @physical_insanity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I can just imagine Caesar rising out of his grave like a robot sitting up and just snapping his head right to the camera as he says that.

    • @MikeGill87
      @MikeGill87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, that's the video I was hoping for today... Doesn't matter. Any HC video is equally interesting, some are just a bit more my cup of tea. Caesar. Must. Die. Soon!

    • @ThePrinceofParthia
      @ThePrinceofParthia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      More like:
      Everyone: You're surrounded by assassins!
      Julius Caesar:
      Everyone: oh fuck oh no he has his airpods in doesn't he?

    • @ObligedUniform
      @ObligedUniform 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Assassini!

    • @fuhq5121
      @fuhq5121 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watn it greece? I thought him a roman.

  • @OuroborosChoked
    @OuroborosChoked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Biggest legal questions of Western civilization:
    Can animals commit crimes?
    Can monarchs commit crimes?
    Coincidence?

  • @madeforlosers
    @madeforlosers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this appeared in my reccommended and I was immediately hooked.

  • @jamescusack6511
    @jamescusack6511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    In other news, Florida man arrested for excommunicating local crocodile

    • @terner1234
      @terner1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      F L O R I D A
      M A N

  • @PK-Radio
    @PK-Radio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Sir Porky, you are accused of crimes against humanity."
    "Oink."

  • @Mushthesquid
    @Mushthesquid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One thing a bot in TF2 played your video in voice and I can never forget that also really informative video

  • @bwoah525
    @bwoah525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +955

    RIP
    Rooster
    ????-1474
    He died cause some dumb chicken laid an egg in his pen

    • @Prich319
      @Prich319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      ikr? Damn feminist chickens, framing innocent roosters with false crimes.

    • @lopez.jacinto.6726
      @lopez.jacinto.6726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      You weren't there, you can't know, maybe that rooster wasn't that innocent. Have you seen how they chase after kids? Those little allies of the Devil...

    • @BLooDCoMPleX
      @BLooDCoMPleX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      What are you talking about, it was his pen, obviously he laid the egg. How could a chicken ever laid the egg there, it's HIS pen.

    • @gamewarrior2216
      @gamewarrior2216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Maybe the rooster was transgender, that's why the church was so adamant to persecute it.

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@gamewarrior2216 Conspiracy

  • @Hawkfire360
    @Hawkfire360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    Oh! This explains something I didn't understand about Oedipus Rex. The "pollution on the land" wasn't a metaphor, Oedipus was literally exuding bad vibes

    • @leonardo9259
      @leonardo9259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Quite literally

    • @ethanbotterill2743
      @ethanbotterill2743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Yeah! It's called miasma, it's a plague or ill happening that occurs when a crime has not been avenged

    • @nonbinaryDes
      @nonbinaryDes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was literally thinking the same thing after watching this video! that they really meant it when they said he was the "heart of our corruption". What a coincidence

    • @QualityPen
      @QualityPen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bad vibes is an awesome way of describing divine punishment for crimes committed.

  • @ezralives
    @ezralives 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was actually fascinating ty ily

  • @mostdysfunctionalfamily2725
    @mostdysfunctionalfamily2725 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I appreciate the source listings...

  • @MasonThompson
    @MasonThompson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    My dog ate all of my beef jerky today while I was at work. So to answer the question, YES. Yes they can.

    • @BubbaJ18
      @BubbaJ18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Take it to court, no mercy!!!

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Dolphins also purposefully agitate pufferfishes cause they want to get high off of the pufferfishes’ venom. They take in the venom and they pass the pufferfish to the next dolphin. Also, dolphins rape almost any thing. They’re assholes of the sea.

    • @ender01o66
      @ender01o66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@parkchimmin7913 XD

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ender 01o I don’t like dolphins .-.

    • @gizel4376
      @gizel4376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@parkchimmin7913 it's hard to sue for raping if the victims doesn't talk, and DEA are not very well equip to control pufferfish trafic

  • @xenan7889
    @xenan7889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1079

    "the rooster was burned at the stake"
    me: so sad
    also me: eats a chicken sandwich

    • @Limbolots0
      @Limbolots0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@Vohasiiv not to burst your bubble but noo... they are killed in a pretty brutal way

    • @livipup
      @livipup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      At least the death of that chicken lead to something meaningful, continuing another life.

    • @xenan7889
      @xenan7889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Vohasiiv you are so innocent

    • @dumbass3618
      @dumbass3618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      8:55 my favorite part

    • @Fankas2000
      @Fankas2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@livipup Now hey last time I check burning produces carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide is then "eaten" by plants. So burning that roster did continue a another life.

  • @coconuttree9719
    @coconuttree9719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Greek: Stubs toe
    Table:
    Greek: You're going to jail buddy

  • @IKGchiller
    @IKGchiller 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i really enjoyed this. thank you

  • @readmyusernamecauseitssoreally
    @readmyusernamecauseitssoreally 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1176

    "if they're not here, I propose they'd be guilty of their crimes"
    But they're rats... They didnt even know they were guilty of anything in the first place

    • @thetenthone
      @thetenthone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      That's what they want you to think

    • @Kittsuera
      @Kittsuera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      plot twist. the rats started the plague for all the unjust actions against them

    • @liltone9614
      @liltone9614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nor do they even know there meant to be there

    • @theawesomeking5513
      @theawesomeking5513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well i mean not knowing the law doesnt expel u from it

    • @charlesisnothome6694
      @charlesisnothome6694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@theawesomeking5513 I mean in most cases if you don’t have the mental capacity to understand your crime they just put you in psychiatric care. Though animals are quite different in which they don’t have the capacity to understand any of the human rules and systems.

  • @mayevie
    @mayevie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +473

    "the rooster was convicted of cavorting with Satan" i bursted out laughing so suddenly my mom was startled lmao

    • @indonesiakid1396
      @indonesiakid1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh even a roaster idk what is going on

    • @deez2037
      @deez2037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In all honesty, the only animals, as a whole species, to ever to go against God were snakes and some others only, not roosters.

  • @deimmartillo1674
    @deimmartillo1674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The judge: The roof in front of me is accused of killing the owner of the house where it comes from. How would you declare yourself?
    The roof: ...
    The judge: I heard enough, you are vanished from this city.

  • @jileskorey1105
    @jileskorey1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is partially why I love history. Reality is stranger than fiction

  • @michaelwang1524
    @michaelwang1524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    But my dog ate my homework!!!
    Clearly work of satan himself, eating the pathway to knowledge.

    • @-Faris-
      @-Faris- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unacceptable! I will call the regional cardinal and public execution will take place at the town square!

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Michael Wang How does it feel to sentence your dog to a execution, just because you forgot to write your research paper last night? Are you proud of yourself?

    • @michaelwang1524
      @michaelwang1524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@midshipman8654I feel like John Wicking myself... :(

    • @johnloman4164
      @johnloman4164 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jack the Gestapo Asian 100

    • @natalyn139
      @natalyn139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      satan lost touch with adam and eve and forgot how to find the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, so he had to settle for tempting your dog to eat the paper of the knowledge of history and social studies

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    History really is the greatest TV show we never got

    • @hdipan7731
      @hdipan7731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Si se escucha profe 😳😳😳

    • @abdiabdi1990
      @abdiabdi1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Imagine if reality shows existed back then

    • @colonelcorneliuscornwall3547
      @colonelcorneliuscornwall3547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It’s pacing is just really slow

    • @mr.supersonicultra9131
      @mr.supersonicultra9131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@colonelcorneliuscornwall3547 ikr there is to much filler

    • @saint8711
      @saint8711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have you considered "Horrible histories" Incredible tv show

  • @CodeMan-tj3rt
    @CodeMan-tj3rt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10:08
    "The unfortunate rooster was charged with the crime of cavorting with satan"

  • @ryotaa0054
    @ryotaa0054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The inanimate object murder is like when you were younger and your parent hits the side of the wardrobe when you bump your toe on it

    • @nicholasparker2086
      @nicholasparker2086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In those situations where I stubbed my toe I was judged jury and executioner

  • @redpotato2585
    @redpotato2585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3214

    Me: Can't wait for Caesar's Death episode from Historia Civilis
    Historia Civilis: CaN aNImAls CoMmIt CrImES?
    Edit: Historia Civilis already mentioned Caesar's Death

    • @villumsonne1107
      @villumsonne1107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      The assassination of Caesar proves that :)

    • @ahmedbassam400
      @ahmedbassam400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @sam08g16
      @sam08g16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      HEY HEY stop with the SPOILERS!

    • @SmallFries01
      @SmallFries01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      @@sam08g16 Caesar dies? WTF

    • @jdosuna4453
      @jdosuna4453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@SmallFries01 he cant die yet he hasn't got to the part where he invented the salad

  • @marcusaurelius2147
    @marcusaurelius2147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    So 500 years ago animals had a right to a just public trail by a jury, while beeing defended by a professional lawyer. it seems animal rights have been steadily declining these last centuries...

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      right? :D

    • @Mrjoemill123
      @Mrjoemill123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if my dog sucked and was going to be put on trial id visit in jail. no way im getting his sucky tail bailed out of jail

    • @democracydignityhumanrights
      @democracydignityhumanrights 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coraru K we have too many cows, it’s time for a cow genocide.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@democracydignityhumanrights cow genocide: exists
      McDonald's: I'll take your entire stock

    • @okbro3524
      @okbro3524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Coraru K By giving rights to animals, we will go backwards

  • @davetrack2950
    @davetrack2950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was really hoping you’d talk about Topsy the elephant. She didn’t get a fair trial but she was publicly executed. Poor, poor Topsy.

  • @DCMelo_UC
    @DCMelo_UC หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Phillip II, literally every human ever: Get squares
    Demonic rooster laying Basilisk making eggs: Bust out the animation!
    I appreciate that HC has his priorities straight

  • @jlkjlkjkljklj9162
    @jlkjlkjkljklj9162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    No one is talking about "No Harm, No Fowl", but I see it, sir, and I appreciate it.

  • @michealroth120800
    @michealroth120800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    5:11
    I'm just imagining a roof tile getting arrested for murder...

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Now imagine the lawyer who have to prove that this roof tile is innocent XD
      The experts: Athens would be very fun xD

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Lawyer: “CONFESS”
      Roof Tile: *Is a roof tile*

    • @edwardokaa
      @edwardokaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      After serving its time for the murder, all Roof Tile wanted was to start again with a clean slate

    • @Reignor99
      @Reignor99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@edwardokaa See yourself out.

    • @amulet2350
      @amulet2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FeelsPyrrhusMan

  • @jondw
    @jondw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    fun fact, chickens who can no longer lay eggs often start taking on rooster like characteristics. not saying this is what happened(someone probably would notice if the rooster accused used to be a hen) but i wonder if it may be connected to the idea of a rooster laying an egg if this process happened early

  • @charmygreen665
    @charmygreen665 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @ccswelding1599
    @ccswelding1599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +929

    did animal trials REALLY increase...or did people just catch onto the idea of a good barbecue?

    • @dulguunnorjinbat6136
      @dulguunnorjinbat6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      mmm, rat bbq

    • @momon969
      @momon969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      "Hey, do you think that chicken is possessed by the devil?"
      "Now that you mention it, yeah, I could eat."

    • @yeahaight3495
      @yeahaight3495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The profile pic makes this so much better

    • @yee5074
      @yee5074 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yeahaight3495 ikr its so yankish

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    Normal people's reaction to a murder: Somebody got murdered! Who did this!
    Greeks: Those god damn murder gasses are spreading like an epidemic again

    • @ItSquishy
      @ItSquishy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      well shit the damn evil gases back at it again

  • @renatodutrarangel112
    @renatodutrarangel112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact that a rooster laid an egg means that the entire city was in danger, imagine a merchant go to a city
    "Hello good ci..."
    "THE ROOSTER PUT AN EGG!"
    "The wha..."
    "THIS CITY IS DEAD"
    "RUN TO YOUR HOUSE! RUN TO YOUR HOUSE!"
    "THE END IS NIGH!!"
    "Nope, I'm out"

  • @Anthintendo
    @Anthintendo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:04 - I want to imagine that a big ass rock fell on top of someone, and the Ancient Greek court had to haul the rock to the trial grounds.

  • @spideraba769
    @spideraba769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2038

    An interesting note: some places still allow inanimate objects to be tried in court, even to this day. A relatively modern instance is the case of _Krabs v. Plankton_ in Bikini Bottom in 2005: Krabs's representative, Mr. SquarePants, called a mop to the stand as a suspected guilty party. Naturally, the mop, being an inanimate object, did not respond to SquarePants's questioning.

    • @mudcake_andworms
      @mudcake_andworms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      They had us in the first half not gonna lie

    • @DaShoopdahoop
      @DaShoopdahoop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Thank you for making me laugh during covid times.

    • @ericolens3
      @ericolens3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@DaShoopdahoop
      Im sorry for you not laughing as often.
      I try to laugh at least once an hour.

    • @luigiofthegods459
      @luigiofthegods459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      "Need I remind you that you sir are under oath?!"

    • @jy3n2
      @jy3n2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      More seriously, civil forfeiture cases are against property rather than against people. Thus, we get things like Texas v. One Gold Crucifix or US v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey.

  • @xxxsinpadres3867
    @xxxsinpadres3867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    "Animal morals"
    Remembers the behaviour of crows and how they have court
    Yes crows have their own courts

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      How?

    • @NotBendy580
      @NotBendy580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@fluffynator6222 this was 2 years ago i highly doubt they're respond

    • @Joker-fq6yx
      @Joker-fq6yx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @V. _-Undying Crusader-_ .V
      not with that attitude they won’t

    • @xxxsinpadres3867
      @xxxsinpadres3867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@fluffynator6222 pulled from Google
      "According to scientists, crows often kill other crows in what's colloquially called "crow court" (definitely not a scientific term). These spats come as a result of an intruder crow coming onto one crow's turf, or a member of the current crow crew deciding to go rogue and double cross his crowrades."

    • @xxxsinpadres3867
      @xxxsinpadres3867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Joker-fq6yx I didn't get any notifications for this thread up until now lol so I had no idea

  • @dr.coomer789
    @dr.coomer789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Yeah idk if defending rats is going to make you popular when your enemies can literally say, “you defended a rat”

    • @flexprime2010
      @flexprime2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Stella Olivia the chick moved the egg ;)

    • @jeffvella9765
      @jeffvella9765 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you can win a case against all odds when the client doesn't even show up, you must be good.

  • @davidcunningham2074
    @davidcunningham2074 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fascinating and highly entertaining.

  • @lolki3727
    @lolki3727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    "And the unfortunate rooster was condemned to death and burned at the stake."
    I believe they call that a spit roast.

  • @SamwellWK
    @SamwellWK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I can imagine the chicanery that might have gone down in Ancient Greece regarding the guilt of inanimate objects:
    "Objection! I did not kill that man. My sword did!"

    • @VechsDavion
      @VechsDavion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When you realize a lot of people literally think this about guns...

    • @djangomarkov7948
      @djangomarkov7948 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VechsDavion
      No they don't, propagandist just promote the idea that they do so the sheep will do their bidding.
      You are but a sheep. Can you be guilty of ignorance if its in your nature?

  • @justacommenter
    @justacommenter 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how the music for the rooster being burnt at the stake is the same as the music for Labienus dying

  • @greenbutter3190
    @greenbutter3190 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stable video 👍

  • @Flow86767
    @Flow86767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    To be honest, that was really interesting.

    • @HornadyMatt
      @HornadyMatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love your name.

    • @feldsmann2
      @feldsmann2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not only interesting, but still relevant in ongoing discussions about animals rights.

    • @AirTerranean
      @AirTerranean 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be honest, this was also hilarious.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting, hilarious and sad. God we're a stupid species. This is why aliens won't visit us.

  • @Engy_Wuck
    @Engy_Wuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +776

    "the practise of putting animals on trials has vanished" - ah, well, let's just say it changed enough to no longer make it a trial. But the problem still is the same: how do you handle an animal that has caused harm and/or death of a human?
    In the case of domestic animals essentially the owner is now charged, because he indirectly caused it by neglicience (or even on purpose, e.g. if he raised a dog to attack humans and ordered it to attack). But in some cases where the animal is "incorrigible" it is ordered by the authorities to be separated from the owner or even put to death.
    In case of wild animals also some entity decides what to do, up to ordering hunters to shoot the animal (say a wild bear or a wolf that has shown to attack near human habitation multiple times - happens every few years).
    In both cases, especially for the wild animals, it just doesn't go to "human court" anymore, but still some entity looks at the evidence and decides if that animal did the deed it's accused of and what should be done. There even may be lawyers involved :-)

    • @pinkdiamond1847
      @pinkdiamond1847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Sadly the animal gets put down when the attack is entirely the humans fault.
      Like those TH-camrs who put their dog down after the child was playing with the dogs food and got bit by the dog as a result and let's not forget Harambe.
      We need to bring back fair trials for animals.

    • @happyllama1160
      @happyllama1160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@pinkdiamond1847 Harambe was entirely justified. Gorrilas and chimpanzees are horrifyingly dangerous creatures and he could have easily killed that boy whether he meant it or not. There is no way he could have lived. They could have used a tranquilliser but that would have enraged him and he would have torn the kid apart. What did you want them to do? Let the kid be ripped apart by a massive territorial male gorilla and hold a trial afterwards? It was a sad incident but zoos have a responsibility to keep their guests safe and their lives come before any of the animals. The mother was stupid, but it wasn’t the boys fault.

    • @happyllama1160
      @happyllama1160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      The laws against pit-bull type dogs in the UK is horrifying and sad. Many dogs are destroyed or must be muzzled when around people for simply looking slightly pit-bully. They can’t help what they are and pitbulls can be wonderful pets when trained properly

    • @pinkdiamond1847
      @pinkdiamond1847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@happyllama1160 The mother shouldn't have been allowed to lift her child over the gorilla pit and she she should have been charged for the child's murder the gorilla shouldn't have been killed for a situation that was entirely out of its hands.

    • @evenbetter6655
      @evenbetter6655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@pinkdiamond1847 the thing is as human society members we value more lifes of humanthan any other animal, so to save a kid from dying thzoo keepers killed a gorilla, it doesn't matter if the gorilla was innocent and if the mother guilty. It wouldve been utterly unacceptable to let a child die in name of "justice"

  • @spencerbarton7384
    @spencerbarton7384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sometimes humans are magnificent, awe-inspiring creatures, and sometimes we burn roosters at the stake.
    Truly, the duality of man

  • @yorangey_LOC
    @yorangey_LOC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    INANIMATE OBJECT MURDER TRIALS!! I hope they still do that because I would love to see a bunch of men attempt to kill a coffee maker
    (Edit: I watched 30 more seconds into the video and realized how stupid I was but I do want to see a coffee maker go to trial for murder)

  • @paulchambaz8906
    @paulchambaz8906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    It is so upsetting that the rooster went out this way. He deserved better. Historian Albert Eggstein call him the greatest rooster in medieval history. I love the rooster, I'm in that camp too...

    • @leeofthe7seas
      @leeofthe7seas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't eat chicken

    • @lorenzooliveira1157
      @lorenzooliveira1157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice reference there, amigo

    • @hihi-nm3uy
      @hihi-nm3uy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I caught that reference, because I watch HC so much that I recognise his speech habits.

  • @tylergibbons9824
    @tylergibbons9824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    10:33 “No harm, no fowl”...lol

  • @thegamingjelly1719
    @thegamingjelly1719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like the judge in the first one ended up with a huge amount of respect for the attorney

  • @src6339
    @src6339 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I imagine that an assertion that animals are responsible legal entities within the legal system during a trial by court would be viewed as an attempt at mockery and possibly be considerred an act of contempt against the court.
    Instead the entity held legaly responsible for the animals actions would be an established legal entity recognised as being responsible for the animals presence within society, such as a handler, owner, land owner or institution.

  • @termeownator
    @termeownator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    The Peloponnese: "Damnit, Athens, quit expelling all your bad humours onto our peninsula. The Megarid's livid as well..."

  • @sirharken821
    @sirharken821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    The virgin modern wageslave: hUr DuR ROosTErs cAn't LaY eGGs
    The Chad medieval Peasant with vast knowledge of the supernatural: Yes

    • @LehySnek
      @LehySnek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The super-anal-tural

    • @indonesiakid1396
      @indonesiakid1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plot twist there’s no such thing as supernatural

    • @MrNote-lz7lh
      @MrNote-lz7lh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@indonesiakid1396
      Yep. Even if ghosts and gods were real they'd just be natural too. No matter what reality altering powers they may possess.

    • @indonesiakid1396
      @indonesiakid1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrNote-lz7lh Oke “turns ghost”

    • @MrNote-lz7lh
      @MrNote-lz7lh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@indonesiakid1396
      Oh, you're one of those role play weirdos.

  • @slyhousegames3311
    @slyhousegames3311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a interesting topic

  • @dictolory
    @dictolory 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The church: the rats are destroying property, let's sue them.
    Australia: We're going to war.

  • @rei1sba315
    @rei1sba315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    "I AM THE BEST BIRD LAWYER OF ALL TIME! BIRD LAW!" "What does that even mean?"

    • @Derp12
      @Derp12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's so funny how he chants "BIRD LAW!"

  • @wherethetatosat
    @wherethetatosat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    Can animals commit crimes?
    My dolphin overlords assure me the answer is no as they eye my nether regions.

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Can plants or mushrooms commit crimes?
      Yes, arrest whichever went in this man in the form of smoke!

    • @Poffean
      @Poffean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *CHOMP*

    • @ilkkarautio2449
      @ilkkarautio2449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dolphins are the second smartest species after us Nosy-Sharks (we eat knowledge) and you hoomans are 3rd. 😳 BTW: dolphins can get depressed and commit suicide. Let that sink in. No, clearly just an automata...

    • @Nen_niN
      @Nen_niN 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ilkkarautio2449 could be argue that nature, if indeed designen by god, could've been set up so that these automata can display human characteristics to further the human experience, although still remaining automata

    • @unchartedthoughts7527
      @unchartedthoughts7527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      **_"eeeee heee hee yeeing" you sensually_**

  • @limitbreak2966
    @limitbreak2966 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:04 danggg it seems like you pronounced that town basically perfectly like it sounded just like a French person

  • @stellastarfield1111
    @stellastarfield1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen a video of a bird stealing a bag of chips and it was clear the bird knew he would get in trouble if he got caught. Lol.

  • @angelsartandgaming
    @angelsartandgaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The whole rat court trial I swear feels like something out of Ace Attorney with it's goofiness, loopholes, a ridiculous client, a kooky yet knowledgeable defense attorney, and a slightly gullible judge. But this was real! And I love every inch of this, how did I not know this was real until now!

  • @theironpill9296
    @theironpill9296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    >Stop condemning roosters to death
    >Shortly after, World War erupts
    Yeah i'm thinking they were on to something

  • @TotallyTails
    @TotallyTails 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Can Animals Commit Crimes?"
    Remember, you have a very low chance of getting killed by sheep. Bù5 ñèvē4 zë4ø.

  • @DiscipleFiveActual
    @DiscipleFiveActual ปีที่แล้ว +1

    René Descartes' take on whether or not animals are capable of evil reminds me of the anecdote with the Hindu sage in which he says, "It's the dharma of the scorpion to sting."