Thanks. I shoulda checked the article.
So I wonder what's the penalty for dying in Parliament anyway? I like the reasoning for outlawing it. I suppose it could also deter physical altercations in the chamber, because one might kill a foe and earn him or her a nice pomp-laden funeral.
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If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
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