/authors/rubberjohn/ Recent content in Rubberjohn on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/85180/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/85180/ <p><em><strong>Author's Note:</strong> Life and punitions of latex slaves</em></p> <p>Small precision vocabulary derived from Wikipedia: The ordeal is to pass a physical test the accused deciding his fate. The accused was dressed in religious clothing to submit to the &ldquo;judgment of God&rdquo;, the event takes place under the eyes of the tutelary deity of justice, which will save the innocent and prevent injustice. The judicial duel is a bilateral ordeal. The tests were against people with conflicting claims.</p>