The Shadow of the Guillotine

The Shadow Of The Guillotine What is a guillotine ? It is a device for cutting large quantities of paper, in commercial use these machines supply reams of packaged paper for use in offices around the world, they are used for many similar uses in many different forms in countries all around the world, but the guillotine had a far more sinister use that goes back to the tenth century, it was used as an execution device used by many forms of government the most noted during the period of the 1790's in France. The event was known as the French Revolution, were the people of France were treated really cruel, and the guillotine was a cruel form of injustice to anyone who would be caught conspiring against the then French Government, the commoners in the end rose up against the tyranny of the government and their evil dictators were executed by their own creation of death, and shown no mercy and by the end of the century was under a new ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte, he was hailed as a hero of the time, but was eventually exiled on an island named Elba. those times are now gone but the guillotine still remains with us today though it is used for far less violent operations, for simply cutting paper in our offices and homes. Which proves even the most evil things can be used for good with a little imagination. Written: 30th December 2013 Summary: How a violent invention became a useful tool in society.