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When charged with corrupting the minds of the youth and impiety (not believing in the gods) Socrates suggested that his punishment be a wage paid by the government and free dinners
When Socrates was found guilty of impiety and corruption of the youth, his punishment was put to a vote. He had the choice to suggest an alternative to death, but instead nominated that Athens provide him free meals for the rest of his life.
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During his trial for corrupting the youth of Athens, Socrates had to propose a sentence for himself. Jockingly, he proposed that he'd be fed free meals at the Prytaneum, an honor reserved for city benefactors and winners at the Olympic Games.
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The name strawberry is probably a corruption of "strewn berry" referencing when a strawberry plant spreads, its berries were strewn about the ground. Other sources suggest its name stems from the fact that English youth picked wild strawberries and sold them impaled on grass straws.
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Socrates (ca. 470-399 BC) was an Athenian who influenced not just philosophers from Classical Greece, but thinkers until the present. He was forced to commit suicided by the leaders of Athens for corrupting the youth. Since he never wrote any of his thoughts, his ideas are known today through his students.
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Romanian sociologist Traian Brăileanu, known to his students as "Socrates", was tried for "corrupting the youth".
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Before videogames existed, the severed heads, drug use, and graphic violence in comic books was blamed for corrupting US youth.
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Saddam Hussein believed the animated series "Pokemon" was an Israeli plot to corrupt the minds of Iraqi youth. He also claimed that "Pokemon" meant "I am a jew" in Hebrew.
