DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoJudge Engoron Takes Parting Shot at Ivanka Trumpwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1169arrow-down1external-linkJudge Engoron Takes Parting Shot at Ivanka Trumpwww.newsweek.comDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
But god forbid we prosecute a wealthy white woman for perjury. That would just be beyond the pale. Archive
minus-squareDr. BoblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoIt’s a phrase echoing back to the Roman Empire. A pale is a fence in Latin so it means “outside the fence”. We still call individual vertical elements of a fence palings.
It’s a phrase echoing back to the Roman Empire. A pale is a fence in Latin so it means “outside the fence”. We still call individual vertical elements of a fence palings.