r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 5d ago

Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms

https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/religious-leader-wants-to-display-indian-scriptures-in-louisiana-public-classrooms/
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u/Flanman1337 5d ago

If you let one, you gotta let them all. 

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u/Padhome 5d ago

Also this bullshit about the Ten Commandments being the “original law” when we all know it was the Code of Hammurabi. Kids today need to know how to handle their slaves and punish classroom thieves by chopping their hands off.

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u/BrainChemical5426 5d ago

If you want to be an asshole be a bit pedantic it was the Code of Ur-Nammu. It says that any man who divorces his wife must pay her 1 mina of silver - unless of course, she has married before. Then it’s, uh, half a mina.

Other than that it’s classic eye for an eye stuff.

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u/czs5056 5d ago

How much is a mina?

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u/BrainChemical5426 5d ago

Back then, probably about the value of several hundreds of dollars today. Maybe $400 or so?

Edit: But this was probably like more than the average monthly wage back then. So basically, a whole fuckin’ lot.

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u/Angry_Hermitcrab 4d ago

There's a whole lot of people that'd gladly give their spouse away for the low cost of a months salary.

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u/DunDunDunDuuun 3d ago

Do you have, like, a source, or did you just pick a number?

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u/BrainChemical5426 3d ago

I googled it and stole it from the top reddit result.

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u/No_1-Ever 4d ago

Twice as much as half a mina

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u/jaldihaldi 3d ago

I’d say Half as much as 2 full mina.

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u/Oni_K 4d ago

Half.

(Eddie Murphy reference for those not in the know. NSFW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZW4eFErSzc)

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u/Maleficent_Curve_599 4d ago

Less than a maja, more than a micra.

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u/Skruestik 4d ago

570 grams.

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u/Professional-Box4153 4d ago

About tree fiddy.