Good day my fellow Athenians. I come to you today to determine what the fate of Socrates will be. Socrates is guilty of numerous charges such as corrupting the young, believing in Gods other than the people of Athens believe in, and hybris. I believe he is guilty of all charges and I know you do too. With that being said he should be convicted of being hubris, and executed for the pain and suffering he has brought to our city.
Yes he fought by our side in the Peloponnesian War, but what type of Athenian turns his back on Athens at our most critical point? Even if he didn’t agree with our democracy he should have stood by Athens instead of supporting the thirty tyrants and their oligarchy plan. “That my friends, is betrayal. “
Do you want that around our children? And speaking of our children, Socrates is corrupting our young and will continue to corrupt them if we allow this madness. He is telling our young several myths, which aren’t the Athenian way. Our children are the future of Athens. If we look over this the future of our city will not be good. Socrates is poisoning the mind of our young and leading them down the path that he has chosen.
Socrates is all about his self and his beliefs and not Athenian beliefs. He doesn’t even attend our assemblies which are very important for our city. Athena is frowning down on us because we allowed this and she will continue if we don’t convict him of these charges and execute him.
Only banishing Socrates from Athens gives him a chance to side with our enemies and for him to completely turn against us. It would allow him to go join our enemy and use our tactics and battle strategies against us. We must do what is just and vote Socrates to not only be convicted, but executed for corruption of our young, not believing in Gods in whom the city believes in, and hybris. Most importantly, lets carryout this punishment because of him disrespecting Athena. Let’s not let his slick and smooth way of talking get him out of doing what is just, what is right, and what is the Athenian!!!
Yes he fought by our side in the Peloponnesian War, but what type of Athenian turns his back on Athens at our most critical point? Even if he didn’t agree with our democracy he should have stood by Athens instead of supporting the thirty tyrants and their oligarchy plan. “That my friends, is betrayal. “
Do you want that around our children? And speaking of our children, Socrates is corrupting our young and will continue to corrupt them if we allow this madness. He is telling our young several myths, which aren’t the Athenian way. Our children are the future of Athens. If we look over this the future of our city will not be good. Socrates is poisoning the mind of our young and leading them down the path that he has chosen.
Socrates is all about his self and his beliefs and not Athenian beliefs. He doesn’t even attend our assemblies which are very important for our city. Athena is frowning down on us because we allowed this and she will continue if we don’t convict him of these charges and execute him.
Only banishing Socrates from Athens gives him a chance to side with our enemies and for him to completely turn against us. It would allow him to go join our enemy and use our tactics and battle strategies against us. We must do what is just and vote Socrates to not only be convicted, but executed for corruption of our young, not believing in Gods in whom the city believes in, and hybris. Most importantly, lets carryout this punishment because of him disrespecting Athena. Let’s not let his slick and smooth way of talking get him out of doing what is just, what is right, and what is the Athenian!!!
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