We REALLY need to reintroduce the Roman custom of Damnatio Memoriae—"damnation of memory", excision of a name and person from the written record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116311624371729823
We REALLY need to reintroduce the Roman custom of Damnatio Memoriae—"damnation of memory", excision of a name and person from the written record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
Nah. I want to shame these MAGA bastards forever with what they've done to this country.
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@cstross @pluralistic @Remittancegirl I look forward to a future in which the only mention of Trump's name in the media comes in the form of headlines that say "Donald Trump still dead”.
@octows @cstross @pluralistic @Remittancegirl
SNL Generalissimo Francisco Franco style...
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@cstross agreed, but could we start with the French custom of guillotine?
@allpoints Yup!
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Didn't work for Herostartus (burned the Artemision) or Akhenaten (tried monotheism in Egypt), or... well, lots of examples.
@davidbrin has periodically suggested, instead of suppressing their names, we legally force a name change to an embarrassing obscenity & require its use in public. (Real name can be in a footnote, but only one time per publication, with limits on type size.)
Just *imagine* the contest to propose a new name for Trump.
@weekend_editor @cstross @davidbrin
Santorum...
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116311624371729823
We REALLY need to reintroduce the Roman custom of Damnatio Memoriae—"damnation of memory", excision of a name and person from the written record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
@cstross I've often thought that people with the same name as disgraced politicians (anyone else called "Liz Truss", for instance) should have the fee for a deed poll waived by the government. Their very name has been made a liability through no fault of their own.
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116311624371729823
We REALLY need to reintroduce the Roman custom of Damnatio Memoriae—"damnation of memory", excision of a name and person from the written record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
@cstross And if we all stopped posting his name - in whatever mood context - guess what, he'd be forgotten PDQ.
Problem would be tho, what's left to talk about at the water cooler?
