greek court: socrates you are on trial for Never Shutting The Fuck Up, how do you plead
socrates: not guilty, and here is a book's worth of speech to back it up. plato you gettin all this?
plato, scribbling furiously: yeah man this is gold
greek court: the jury was like 51% in favor of guilty, do you wanna suggest an alternate sentence than death
socrates: idk. i'd pay a fine of like, a buck lol
literally half the non-guilty voting jurors: yknow what fuck this guy
greek court: for the crime of Not Shutting The Fuck Up, we sentence you, socrates, to death. Now will you please shut the fuck up
socrates: no, and furthermore--
jury: *tackles him and violently pours hemlock into his mouth*
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