Post by snsurone on Dec 24, 2018 21:56:48 GMT
Horses were an extremely valuable commodity in those days, and on another thread, I commented on how this animal had been exploited throughout history.
Yet, in Westerns, a man caught stealing a horse was hanged, as if he had committed murder.
Often he was lynched without a trial.
I mention this because there have never been such draconian "justice" when automobiles were stolen.
As a kid, I was naive enough to believe that it was genuine love for their horses that prompted such actions.
I was silly, then, I suppose.
Yet, in Westerns, a man caught stealing a horse was hanged, as if he had committed murder.
Often he was lynched without a trial.
I mention this because there have never been such draconian "justice" when automobiles were stolen.
As a kid, I was naive enough to believe that it was genuine love for their horses that prompted such actions.
I was silly, then, I suppose.
