How much of a soul does something have to possess before we're not allowed to kill it?

[KrazyHorse]

0.96, which, by my calculations, makes children under 18 and Canadians fair game.

Yeah, but we shoot back.

[Kitschum]

50,000$ worth

[Skanky Burns]

It depends on if they have both their kidneys.

[Solomwi]

Yeah, but we shoot back.

You're sufficiently Americanized that I'd expect you to make the cut.

[Nugog]

We're operating on the assumption that ..............it's not okay to kill the averagee adult human.

Why?

[loinburger]

Can't afford the weregild.

[Nugog]

Can't afford the weregild.

Surely you could pass the hat around and come up with it?

[loinburger]

That generally only works with (near-)universally annoying people, like murderers and politicians. When you kill the guy writing a check for twelve items in the 10-items-or-less lane then even after passing the basket you're typically in the hole for about two hundred dollars, which may not seem like a lot until you consider how many people write checks for twelve items in the 10-items-or-less lane.

[Nugog]

Okay - so that eliminates the guy writing a check for twelve items in the 10-items-or-less lane - what about the guy that just pisses everyone off by standing at the ATM reading his account statement for 5 minutes.

Surely you could raise enough from everyone else waiting in line?

[loinburger]

Yes, as long as the line is long enough, but in those cases it's often cheaper to just blind the guy - less weregild while still preventing a repeat offense. Unfortunately if the ATM prints out statements in braille then you'll also have to break his fingers.

[Nugog]

Yes, as long as the line is long enough, but in those cases it's often cheaper to just blind the guy - less weregild while still preventing a repeat offense. Unfortunately if the ATM prints out statements in braille then you'll also have to break his fingers.

What are the current weregild rates for murder vs permanent disability vs bone fractures?

[loinburger]

IIRC it's 200 shillings for the life of your average adult (male and female lives are now worth the same amount because we're enlightened), 30 shillings per eye, 4 shillings per broken finger, 10 shillings per severed finger. If the King is holding up the line then things get considerably more expensive.

[KrazyHorse]

10 quid to kill somebody? Sign me up.

[Nugog]

Seems pretty cost effective really.

[Japher]

How do you measure quantity of soul?