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[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm especially dumbfounded as I thought that before there was an important police force and a mature legal system, murders were far more frequent than after.

At the same time, it's possible I'm imagining 1632 London to be more primitive than it really was.