Can Animals Commit Crimes?

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  • Опубликовано: 7 июл 2019
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Комментарии • 4,4 тыс.

  • @treeshakertucker5840
    @treeshakertucker5840 4 года назад +15162

    This is gloriously stupid and I love it!

    • @divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657
      @divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657 4 года назад +94

      I am disappointed at levels that cannot be described

    • @highlybased107
      @highlybased107 4 года назад +98

      how is this comment 2 weeks old and the video just came out

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 4 года назад +15

      Definitely worth a detour to 14th century France

    • @krcrk
      @krcrk 4 года назад +38

      esems shirt patreon privilege

    • @ledibak7735
      @ledibak7735 4 года назад +43

      @@highlybased107 I guess the video was unlisted for 2 weeks for patrons.

  • @REDKILLER1251
    @REDKILLER1251 4 года назад +8169

    Everybody gangsta till the rats start committing tax fraud

    • @jonyahraus4283
      @jonyahraus4283 4 года назад +137

      The rats are friends with Yoshi

    • @dacreator1226
      @dacreator1226 4 года назад +98

      everybody gangsta till duolingo takes your family hostage

    • @youreallinsane
      @youreallinsane 4 года назад +20

      One of my favorite comments on YT

    • @mongrel8621
      @mongrel8621 4 года назад +14

      @@dacreator1226 dead meme

    • @dacreator1226
      @dacreator1226 4 года назад +29

      @@mongrel8621 you're goddamn right

  • @hogndog2339
    @hogndog2339 4 года назад +3889

    Judge: Do you have anything to say about this?
    Roof tile:
    Judge: Guilty

    • @TimThomason
      @TimThomason 4 года назад +313

      "You are hereafter exiled from this city."

    • @chamuchamupalchamperry6686
      @chamuchamupalchamperry6686 4 года назад +234

      "I didn't kill the man, The Knife did it!"
      The Knife:
      "See? It can't deny it!"

    • @editsonimovie8681
      @editsonimovie8681 4 года назад +48

      Chamuchamu Palcham Perry
      Knife:
      P-pweaz don’t hewt me ;-;

    • @ender01o66
      @ender01o66 4 года назад +5

      @@editsonimovie8681 XD

    • @dumbass3618
      @dumbass3618 4 года назад +15

      It seems funny right but before science people had no way to gauge the intelligence of animals.

  • @dazey856
    @dazey856 2 года назад +470

    That man was a genius for choosing to make a name for himself by defending rats

    • @flexprime2010
      @flexprime2010 2 года назад +22

      it does please the horned rat yes-yes

    • @syourke3
      @syourke3 Год назад +1

      Sammy “The Bull” Gravano?

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 Год назад +14

      Lawyers always defend their own kind.

    • @lysidplontger3980
      @lysidplontger3980 Год назад +2

      I thought that's what all lawyers did

    • @Atomhaz
      @Atomhaz 10 месяцев назад +4

      And it worked because we are still talking about him!

  • @grace5033
    @grace5033 2 года назад +286

    Fun fact: most lizards have not committed war crimes against Yugoslavia (key word: MOST)

    • @AshEnbyy
      @AshEnbyy 2 года назад +13

      I'm sorry... what?- 💀
      Please tell me what kind of war crime against Yugoslavia was committed by a frickin lizard

    • @selahanany5645
      @selahanany5645 2 года назад +36

      @@AshEnbyy a green one

    • @AshEnbyy
      @AshEnbyy 2 года назад +10

      @@selahanany5645 ah yes, thank you for that information. I would have never thought of that if you didn't tell me! now all my questions have been answered :)

    • @selahanany5645
      @selahanany5645 2 года назад +12

      @@AshEnbyy you are welcome :)

    • @chinsaw2727
      @chinsaw2727 2 года назад +10

      @@AshEnbyy Godzilla

  • @SnowyJakub
    @SnowyJakub 2 года назад +6807

    The rat story is a next level shitpost so far ahead of it's time

    • @anonym3
      @anonym3 2 года назад +60

      Yee

    • @paichni3474
      @paichni3474 2 года назад +221

      They had cat assassins XD

    • @dazey856
      @dazey856 2 года назад +154

      @@paichni3474 dude that had me dead that he claimed they were assassins lmao

    • @lobster9059
      @lobster9059 2 года назад +22

      theres also the one dude who sold shitty copper

    • @Mochi_Wan
      @Mochi_Wan 2 года назад +1

      Fr man

  • @ldtobi1
    @ldtobi1 4 года назад +4657

    Prisoner: “How’d you get in here?”
    Pig: “Oink.”
    Prisoner: “Wow, I only murdered a few people.”

    • @SamTheEnglishTeacher
      @SamTheEnglishTeacher 2 года назад +66

      Murderers were executed pretty quickly. The practice of housing, clothing and feeding ruthless animals for 20+ years started very very recently (and will probably end once people can no longer ignore how unsustainable it is, both in terms of finance and genetic load). Sorry for my bad English.

    • @flipflop_bell
      @flipflop_bell 2 года назад +90

      technoblade

    • @FunAngelo2005
      @FunAngelo2005 2 года назад +24

      @@flipflop_bell i knew it was coming,but i did not know from where

    • @lostmykeys85
      @lostmykeys85 2 года назад +10

      Are those fists?
      OINK

    • @CrabmanReturns
      @CrabmanReturns 2 года назад +55

      Prisoner: how’d you get in here?
      Rock:
      Prisoner: You’re insane dude

  • @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
    @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. Год назад +47

    0:44 "Chassenée was looking to make a name for himself"
    Given that we're talking about this 500 years later, it would appear that he was successful. It would also appear, interestingly, that this may never have actually happened, but then history is full of such interesting tidbits.

    • @Chungus581
      @Chungus581 23 дня назад

      He became a pretty prominent lawyer and his work influenced the Napoleonic Code

  • @hairlessgrizzly559
    @hairlessgrizzly559 2 года назад +97

    *minor inconvenience occurs*
    The Church: "Wouldn't that make you...
    GUILTY!?"

  • @BalsticMaker12
    @BalsticMaker12 4 года назад +3984

    And we thought having parrots as witnesses in court is already weird enough.

    • @aguynamedsmith6489
      @aguynamedsmith6489 4 года назад +186

      Please be a reference to what I think you're referencing

    • @avatarwan5824
      @avatarwan5824 4 года назад +141

      @@aguynamedsmith6489 Ace Attorney!!!!!

    • @Tuntor689
      @Tuntor689 2 года назад +47

      Reality imitates art

    • @user-cu6ns6ww1h
      @user-cu6ns6ww1h 2 года назад +9

      @@avatarwan5824 More like... ASS ATTORNEY

    • @petalleaf2808
      @petalleaf2808 2 года назад +129

      @@avatarwan5824 Ace Attorney? I thought it was that one RUclips video where a parrot was a witness to their owner's murder by her brother/friend, since the husband noticed how strange the parrot acted around the brother/friend after the wife's murder.

  • @theodoric7335
    @theodoric7335 4 года назад +9800

    As soon as we stopped animal trials we had some of the deadliest wars in history including WW1 and WW2, I rest my case

    • @Phelan666
      @Phelan666 4 года назад +308

      30 years war was, proportionally, far more devastating.

    • @theodoric7335
      @theodoric7335 4 года назад +278

      @@Phelan666 People don't know it very well so I didn't mention it

    • @whoareyou1034
      @whoareyou1034 4 года назад +68

      I mean, he is not wrong...

    • @dajjukunrama5695
      @dajjukunrama5695 4 года назад +36

      Nothing explains the EU 4Head

    • @mrniceguy7168
      @mrniceguy7168 4 года назад +126

      Yellow King ahh, never fails, someone says something funny and someone has to say “akshually...”

  • @StarbitzTheSpookyClown
    @StarbitzTheSpookyClown 2 года назад +38

    “I murdered a man, what are you in for.”
    A gold fish:

  • @Reirek
    @Reirek 2 года назад +259

    “It’s remarkable something like this was coming out of the church in the 13th century”
    Believe me, Aquinas is probably the smartest man to ever have lived. His theories and theology were so batshit crazy at the time, but a lot of what he said about the ‘natural world’ was proven by science over 700 years later

    • @josephfox9221
      @josephfox9221 2 года назад +4

      personally I would have to say Palamas had a better grasp of theology

    • @dazey856
      @dazey856 2 года назад +15

      There have a been several people to be way beyond their time but at this point it’ll rare to have anyone like them since there’s only so much we can really progress by at a time

    • @TheMylittletony
      @TheMylittletony 2 года назад +5

      A lot of his stuff was batshit crazy too.

    • @JP-rf8rr
      @JP-rf8rr 2 года назад +8

      I wouldn't say "batshit" crazy at the time. I don't think bonoventure, Henry Genet, Scotus, Lomard, or Anselm disagree too significantly on theology. Henry and Bonoventure were more Augustinian, Scotus takes some new directions in line of the Franciscans, but they're not that far removed from each other.

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 2 года назад +10

      Aquinas was a gift to the world who has been up to now unmatched. The secular world sadly understates his philosophy.

  • @Sternab
    @Sternab 4 года назад +3056

    "He was being annoying but kinda had a point" So like most lawyers then?

    • @sinfulloccultist950
      @sinfulloccultist950 2 года назад +54

      *Wright

    • @trueberry4094
      @trueberry4094 2 года назад +16

      @@sinfulloccultist950 I don’t see any grammer mistakes?

    • @laysthechip3356
      @laysthechip3356 2 года назад +53

      @@trueberry4094 …Phoenix Wright..ace attorney reference

    • @trueberry4094
      @trueberry4094 2 года назад +18

      @@laysthechip3356 oh lol my bad

    • @il00vemoney
      @il00vemoney 2 года назад +1

      @@sinfulloccultist950 right*

  • @TheModernMartialArtist
    @TheModernMartialArtist 4 года назад +2070

    Easy way to tell if the rooster was guilty: Did it weigh the same as a witch?

    • @guyanon
      @guyanon 4 года назад +20

      Is this a crossover Episode? My 2 favourite YTers

    • @JodenPaoloPeroy
      @JodenPaoloPeroy 4 года назад +87

      But does it float?

    • @rockCity777
      @rockCity777 4 года назад +100

      @@JodenPaoloPeroy Yes it does. So it's made of wood.

    • @irongeneral7861
      @irongeneral7861 4 года назад +40

      BURRRRRRN HIM!

    • @JodenPaoloPeroy
      @JodenPaoloPeroy 4 года назад +33

      @@rockCity777 could be a duck?

  • @Soreshy
    @Soreshy 2 года назад +72

    The rats right before the incident:
    _Rats, we're rats, we're the rats!_
    _We pray at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats!_
    *I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules!*
    _Let's see what kind of trouble we get ourselves into~_

  • @nekrouni8497
    @nekrouni8497 2 года назад +195

    The rat case is proof of how flexible the court can be
    Also this is funny as fuck

  • @marcosbravo9645
    @marcosbravo9645 4 года назад +3003

    "so the rats could get their affairs in order"
    Congratulations, two minutes in and I already lost it.

    • @e1123581321345589144
      @e1123581321345589144 4 года назад +82

      I also loved the bit with the cat assassins.
      lmao :)))

    • @xxXXXxxx852
      @xxXXXxxx852 4 года назад +4

      What did you lose?

    • @236_muhammadfadlirakananda2
      @236_muhammadfadlirakananda2 4 года назад +20

      the swirling rats sent me 😭😭

    • @user-dg9xy9sm5e
      @user-dg9xy9sm5e 3 года назад +21

      @@xxXXXxxx852 he meant he burst out in laughter or he genuinely smiled or something similar to that.

    • @YoungOddo
      @YoungOddo 3 года назад +2

      mafrandaa please move your cats indoors so rats can come😭Imagine tryna explain that to somebody

  • @niklimnat1061
    @niklimnat1061 4 года назад +1585

    yall worrying about animals being convicted of crimes, but inanimate objects tho

    • @X606
      @X606 4 года назад +166

      This lamp burned Larry, so we should burn it!

    • @Pb0b178
      @Pb0b178 4 года назад +157

      "A murderous roof tile"

    • @ThreeBeeHDb
      @ThreeBeeHDb 4 года назад +99

      @@Pb0b178The Dad: BILLY! ARE YOU THRO...
      The Dad: *sees dead body*
      The Dad: Billy, why is our neighbor dead?
      Billy: IT WAS THE ROCK!!!
      The Dad: *looks at bloody rock*
      *one trial later*
      City: BURN THE ROCK!!!

    • @spudsbuchlaw
      @spudsbuchlaw 4 года назад +24

      Blender found guilty after dedickitating multipul people

    • @dust1077
      @dust1077 4 года назад +2

      This deserves more likes

  • @cucamonga95
    @cucamonga95 2 года назад +58

    “No harm, no fowl” made me audibly laugh for the first time in probably two weeks and I’m grateful for that. Thanks

  • @Sponsorbagel
    @Sponsorbagel 2 года назад +24

    i'm pretty sure i heard of a guy who got a prison sentence because "his" fingerprints were found on a dead body. turns out that it was a koala who killed the deceased person, they suspected him because koala fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from human fingerprints and this koala's prints were basically the same as the supposed murderer. this would suck so hard lmao

  • @richardcyr9040
    @richardcyr9040 4 года назад +493

    The judge: "Do you understand the charges against you?"
    The pig: "Squeak."

    • @ewantaylor2758
      @ewantaylor2758 4 года назад +50

      Judge: "Pig, you are accused of mixing up the village stockpiles of Oil and Ink, what exactly where you trying to achieve?"
      Pig: "Oink"

    • @cheemsdog7662
      @cheemsdog7662 4 года назад +6

      Hes a dad and a criminal! XD

    • @pcslug3122
      @pcslug3122 3 года назад +4

      @@ewantaylor2758 good one!

    • @bearmarco1944
      @bearmarco1944 2 года назад +1

      @@ewantaylor2758 Ignorantia juris non excusat!

  • @frosty2579
    @frosty2579 4 года назад +1880

    He should have just said the court notice was in a language the rats could not read so the notices would have to be written in rat and just left it at that to screw with the judge

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 4 года назад +227

      There was a lot of other arguments that would of been impossible to resolvable for the court.

    • @ccvcharger
      @ccvcharger 4 года назад +450

      Objection! If a rat can learn to cook by reading a French cookbook, then it is completely rational to believe that rats can read a court notice that is also posted in French.

    • @______608
      @______608 4 года назад +11

      Same thing I thought here...

    • @______608
      @______608 4 года назад +37

      @@ccvcharger Hahahaha Ratatouille!!!!

    • @maxscott3349
      @maxscott3349 4 года назад +148

      Why didn't they speak the local language? They immigrated legally, didn't they?

  • @internet_introvert
    @internet_introvert 2 года назад +55

    Nature is actually inclined towards "meh, good enough"

    • @Kimmie6772
      @Kimmie6772 2 года назад +8

      Oh look, his horns are going through his skull. What? They had babies already? Eh, good enough.

  • @sevendeadlysquids404
    @sevendeadlysquids404 2 года назад +25

    Brings a whole new meaning to “kangaroo court”

  • @shunyat9023
    @shunyat9023 4 года назад +566

    Imagine spending 20 years to become a lawyer and your debut case was defending a random chicken, also you lost.

  • @nekomancer1495
    @nekomancer1495 4 года назад +1860

    "Rat rattington, you are guilty of tax fraud. how do you plead?"
    **"RAT NOISES"**

    • @somerandomguy6363
      @somerandomguy6363 4 года назад +93

      GUILTY! DEATH TO YOU RAT RATTINGTON!

    • @BrokensoulRider
      @BrokensoulRider 4 года назад +38

      ratatatatatatatatatatatta sqeek squeek.

    • @rexroyulada6267
      @rexroyulada6267 4 года назад +6

      Glorious

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 4 года назад +16

      No, it was Nibbles Rat (name translated from medieval French), and his family. Rattington lives in England.

    • @TruthNerds
      @TruthNerds 4 года назад +14

      Poor Rat Rattington, somebody must've ratted him out.

  • @tempest225
    @tempest225 2 года назад +18

    When you're such a good lawyer you save rats from a lawsuit:

  • @nitroboosting1622
    @nitroboosting1622 2 года назад +23

    I love how the lawyer Starts making Childish reasons then actually making a point

  • @howdyciaody
    @howdyciaody 4 года назад +1319

    Imagine not being a featureless square and having to keep a strait face, calling cats assasins in court like that

    • @fedos
      @fedos 4 года назад +135

      IIRC there was a case in the US where it was charged that a political candidate won unfairly because his supporters were shooting at his opponents who approached the polling location. The judge ruled that it was fair because basically anyone who was sufficiently brave would have been able to continue through the gunfire.
      Wish I could remember the details better than that so I could properly verify it.

    • @CareerKnight
      @CareerKnight 4 года назад +16

      @@fedos That sounds deeply stupid, unfortunately that has nothing to do with whether it happened or not.

    • @fedos
      @fedos 4 года назад +16

      @@CareerKnight The stupidity of it is probably why it stuck with me, real or not.

    • @fernandoalmeida2491
      @fernandoalmeida2491 4 года назад +1

      fedos haha I wanted to read this story, but I sadly couldnt find

    • @fedos
      @fedos 4 года назад +9

      @@fernandoalmeida2491 Yeah, whenever I try to find it again I end up with recent voting rights rulings. We're talking about something I read about 20 years ago.

  • @wittycommentator
    @wittycommentator 4 года назад +1431

    Your honor, I'm just a simple country lawyer. But I do declare that my client did not intend to lay that egg

    • @refinedwrath9030
      @refinedwrath9030 4 года назад +34

      Is that a futurama reference?

    • @big_egg953
      @big_egg953 4 года назад +1

      egg

    • @zacri9434
      @zacri9434 4 года назад +1

      egg

    • @xxXXXxxx852
      @xxXXXxxx852 4 года назад +1

      Pretty sure he did it to offend me.

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 4 года назад +24

      @@refinedwrath9030
      "Now, I know it must be awfully scary in that there witness stand, but there's nothing to fear, darlin'. BAGAWK! Oh, I'm sorry - I thought you was corn."

  • @Vortexiiixii
    @Vortexiiixii 2 года назад +18

    Rats: Thank you, here's your money.
    Lawyer: It is nice working with you.
    *Phoneix Wright: Ace Attorney theme song*

    • @philip8498
      @philip8498 Месяц назад

      rats: when the going gets tough, you dont want a criminal laywer, you want a *criminal* lawyer
      Rat lawyer: Hi, im saul goodman! did you know that you have rights?

  • @OuroborosChoked
    @OuroborosChoked 2 года назад +12

    Biggest legal questions of Western civilization:
    Can animals commit crimes?
    Can monarchs commit crimes?
    Coincidence?

  • @FyWhy
    @FyWhy 4 года назад +1769

    Pope: I excommunicate this foul mole
    Farmer: You have gained "excommunicated" CB against a mole.

    • @respublica4373
      @respublica4373 4 года назад +176

      Men of culture are in this comment section.

    • @viniciusteixeira6736
      @viniciusteixeira6736 4 года назад +63

      Bah, why bother with christian CB, just turn pagan and conquer those cross worhsipers

    • @alanetchetto8908
      @alanetchetto8908 4 года назад +94

      @@viniciusteixeira6736 I found the pagan mole guys

    • @markay779
      @markay779 4 года назад +73

      @@viniciusteixeira6736 Why bother with pagans? Just convert to zoroastrianism and marry your sister.

    • @tdoge
      @tdoge 4 года назад +20

      @@vincentiusvincentius7557 >Farmer pays 100 gold
      To whom exactly??

  • @geraldysjunk
    @geraldysjunk 2 года назад +2608

    The first story sounds like something Sam O Nella should cover

  • @quandaledingle113
    @quandaledingle113 2 года назад +3

    Severely underrated video. I keep coming back to rewatch it ven though I don’t even rewatch movies/shows I love.

  • @noahkhan206
    @noahkhan206 Год назад +1

    Your use of music and timing is amazing, love your videos!

  • @BeelZeDemon
    @BeelZeDemon 4 года назад +1595

    I'd feel sorry for the rooster but we can't take chances with basilisks. In fact, since no basilisk attacked the village, the rooster was obviously guilty, and the plot of the local witch was thwarted.

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 года назад +110

      Indeed! They did save the city from a giant snake attack, im sure the Rooster was disapointed that the villagers saw throught his machiavellic plan!

    • @lucky-yv5yn
      @lucky-yv5yn 4 года назад +4

      Somebody’s about to get wooshed.

    • @mushroomflow8499
      @mushroomflow8499 4 года назад +9

      @@lucky-yv5yn whoosh

    • @lucky-yv5yn
      @lucky-yv5yn 4 года назад +8

      Mushroom Flow What joke did I miss...? Also, I hate it when people use woosh on RUclips lol. You probably have no idea what it actually is, or have never actually seen r/woooosh, judging by your spelling of it.

    • @mushroomflow8499
      @mushroomflow8499 4 года назад +16

      @@lucky-yv5yn I'm sorry I just got irritated by your response in this reply section

  • @julienh3965
    @julienh3965 2 года назад +1

    This is by far the best video on the internet today. Historia Civilis is some kind of genius

  • @dr.coomer789
    @dr.coomer789 2 года назад +29

    Yeah idk if defending rats is going to make you popular when your enemies can literally say, “you defended a rat”

    • @flexprime2010
      @flexprime2010 2 года назад

      @Stella Olivia the chick moved the egg ;)

    • @jeffvella9765
      @jeffvella9765 Год назад

      If you can win a case against all odds when the client doesn't even show up, you must be good.

  • @redpotato2585
    @redpotato2585 4 года назад +3215

    Me: Can't wait for Caesar's Death episode from Historia Civilis
    Historia Civilis: CaN aNImAls CoMmIt CrImES?
    Edit: Historia Civilis already mentioned Caesar's Death

    • @villumsonne1107
      @villumsonne1107 4 года назад +120

      The assassination of Caesar proves that :)

    • @ahmedbassam400
      @ahmedbassam400 4 года назад +13

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @sam08g16
      @sam08g16 4 года назад +93

      HEY HEY stop with the SPOILERS!

    • @SmallFries01
      @SmallFries01 4 года назад +136

      @@sam08g16 Caesar dies? WTF

    • @jdosuna4453
      @jdosuna4453 4 года назад +139

      @@SmallFries01 he cant die yet he hasn't got to the part where he invented the salad

  • @jamescusack6511
    @jamescusack6511 4 года назад +219

    In other news, Florida man arrested for excommunicating local crocodile

    • @terner1234
      @terner1234 4 года назад +21

      F L O R I D A
      M A N

  • @PK-Radio
    @PK-Radio 2 года назад +3

    "Sir Porky, you are accused of crimes against humanity."
    "Oink."

  • @jileskorey1105
    @jileskorey1105 2 года назад +5

    This is partially why I love history. Reality is stranger than fiction

  • @cartmann94
    @cartmann94 4 года назад +661

    Rat Lawyer: Your magistrate, my clients can't appear at this trial. They're surrounded by assassins!
    Julius Caesar: Did somebody say Assassins?!?

    • @physical_insanity
      @physical_insanity 4 года назад +19

      I can just imagine Caesar rising out of his grave like a robot sitting up and just snapping his head right to the camera as he says that.

    • @MikeGill87
      @MikeGill87 4 года назад +5

      Yeah, that's the video I was hoping for today... Doesn't matter. Any HC video is equally interesting, some are just a bit more my cup of tea. Caesar. Must. Die. Soon!

    • @ThePrinceofParthia
      @ThePrinceofParthia 4 года назад +11

      More like:
      Everyone: You're surrounded by assassins!
      Julius Caesar:
      Everyone: oh fuck oh no he has his airpods in doesn't he?

    • @ObligedUniform
      @ObligedUniform 4 года назад

      Assassini!

    • @fuhq5121
      @fuhq5121 4 года назад

      Watn it greece? I thought him a roman.

  • @spideraba769
    @spideraba769 2 года назад +2038

    An interesting note: some places still allow inanimate objects to be tried in court, even to this day. A relatively modern instance is the case of _Krabs v. Plankton_ in Bikini Bottom in 2005: Krabs's representative, Mr. SquarePants, called a mop to the stand as a suspected guilty party. Naturally, the mop, being an inanimate object, did not respond to SquarePants's questioning.

    • @mudcake_andworms
      @mudcake_andworms 2 года назад +260

      They had us in the first half not gonna lie

    • @DaShoopdahoop
      @DaShoopdahoop 2 года назад +70

      Thank you for making me laugh during covid times.

    • @ericolens3
      @ericolens3 2 года назад +25

      @@DaShoopdahoop
      Im sorry for you not laughing as often.
      I try to laugh at least once an hour.

    • @luigiofthegods459
      @luigiofthegods459 2 года назад +23

      "Need I remind you that you sir are under oath?!"

    • @jy3n2
      @jy3n2 2 года назад +16

      More seriously, civil forfeiture cases are against property rather than against people. Thus, we get things like Texas v. One Gold Crucifix or US v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey.

  • @deimmartillo1674
    @deimmartillo1674 2 года назад +5

    The judge: The roof in front of me is accused of killing the owner of the house where it comes from. How would you declare yourself?
    The roof: ...
    The judge: I heard enough, you are vanished from this city.

  • @DCMelo_UC
    @DCMelo_UC 21 день назад +1

    Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Phillip II, literally every human ever: Get squares
    Demonic rooster laying Basilisk making eggs: Bust out the animation!
    I appreciate that HC has his priorities straight

  • @readmyusernamecauseitssoreally
    @readmyusernamecauseitssoreally 2 года назад +1176

    "if they're not here, I propose they'd be guilty of their crimes"
    But they're rats... They didnt even know they were guilty of anything in the first place

    • @thetenthone
      @thetenthone 2 года назад +183

      That's what they want you to think

    • @Kittsuera
      @Kittsuera 2 года назад +111

      plot twist. the rats started the plague for all the unjust actions against them

    • @liltone9614
      @liltone9614 2 года назад +12

      Nor do they even know there meant to be there

    • @theawesomeking5513
      @theawesomeking5513 2 года назад +6

      Well i mean not knowing the law doesnt expel u from it

    • @charlesisnothome6694
      @charlesisnothome6694 2 года назад +19

      @@theawesomeking5513 I mean in most cases if you don’t have the mental capacity to understand your crime they just put you in psychiatric care. Though animals are quite different in which they don’t have the capacity to understand any of the human rules and systems.

  • @Hawkfire360
    @Hawkfire360 3 года назад +705

    Oh! This explains something I didn't understand about Oedipus Rex. The "pollution on the land" wasn't a metaphor, Oedipus was literally exuding bad vibes

    • @leonardo9259
      @leonardo9259 2 года назад +36

      Quite literally

    • @ethanbotterill2743
      @ethanbotterill2743 2 года назад +49

      Yeah! It's called miasma, it's a plague or ill happening that occurs when a crime has not been avenged

    • @nonbinaryDes
      @nonbinaryDes 2 года назад +6

      I was literally thinking the same thing after watching this video! that they really meant it when they said he was the "heart of our corruption". What a coincidence

    • @QualityPen
      @QualityPen Год назад +2

      Bad vibes is an awesome way of describing divine punishment for crimes committed.

  • @ezralives
    @ezralives 2 года назад

    this was actually fascinating ty ily

  • @Mushthesquid
    @Mushthesquid 2 года назад +1

    One thing a bot in TF2 played your video in voice and I can never forget that also really informative video

  • @bwoah525
    @bwoah525 4 года назад +956

    RIP
    Rooster
    ????-1474
    He died cause some dumb chicken laid an egg in his pen

    • @Prich319
      @Prich319 4 года назад +154

      ikr? Damn feminist chickens, framing innocent roosters with false crimes.

    • @lopez.jacinto.6726
      @lopez.jacinto.6726 4 года назад +80

      You weren't there, you can't know, maybe that rooster wasn't that innocent. Have you seen how they chase after kids? Those little allies of the Devil...

    • @BLooDCoMPleX
      @BLooDCoMPleX 4 года назад +62

      What are you talking about, it was his pen, obviously he laid the egg. How could a chicken ever laid the egg there, it's HIS pen.

    • @gamewarrior2216
      @gamewarrior2216 4 года назад +55

      Maybe the rooster was transgender, that's why the church was so adamant to persecute it.

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 4 года назад +10

      @@gamewarrior2216 Conspiracy

  • @ccswelding1599
    @ccswelding1599 4 года назад +929

    did animal trials REALLY increase...or did people just catch onto the idea of a good barbecue?

    • @dulguunnorjinbat6136
      @dulguunnorjinbat6136 4 года назад +32

      mmm, rat bbq

    • @momon969
      @momon969 3 года назад +59

      "Hey, do you think that chicken is possessed by the devil?"
      "Now that you mention it, yeah, I could eat."

    • @yeahaight3495
      @yeahaight3495 2 года назад +7

      The profile pic makes this so much better

    • @yee5074
      @yee5074 2 года назад

      @@yeahaight3495 ikr its so yankish

  • @mostdysfunctionalfamily2725
    @mostdysfunctionalfamily2725 2 года назад

    I appreciate the source listings...

  • @renatodutrarangel112
    @renatodutrarangel112 2 года назад +2

    The fact that a rooster laid an egg means that the entire city was in danger, imagine a merchant go to a city
    "Hello good ci..."
    "THE ROOSTER PUT AN EGG!"
    "The wha..."
    "THIS CITY IS DEAD"
    "RUN TO YOUR HOUSE! RUN TO YOUR HOUSE!"
    "THE END IS NIGH!!"
    "Nope, I'm out"

  • @MasonThompson
    @MasonThompson 4 года назад +560

    My dog ate all of my beef jerky today while I was at work. So to answer the question, YES. Yes they can.

    • @BubbaJ18
      @BubbaJ18 4 года назад +20

      Take it to court, no mercy!!!

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 4 года назад +43

      Dolphins also purposefully agitate pufferfishes cause they want to get high off of the pufferfishes’ venom. They take in the venom and they pass the pufferfish to the next dolphin. Also, dolphins rape almost any thing. They’re assholes of the sea.

    • @ender01o66
      @ender01o66 4 года назад +2

      @@parkchimmin7913 XD

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 4 года назад +3

      Ender 01o I don’t like dolphins .-.

    • @gizel4376
      @gizel4376 4 года назад +9

      ​@@parkchimmin7913 it's hard to sue for raping if the victims doesn't talk, and DEA are not very well equip to control pufferfish trafic

  • @mayevie
    @mayevie 2 года назад +473

    "the rooster was convicted of cavorting with Satan" i bursted out laughing so suddenly my mom was startled lmao

    • @indonesiakid1396
      @indonesiakid1396 2 года назад +1

      Bruh even a roaster idk what is going on

    • @deez2037
      @deez2037 2 года назад +2

      In all honesty, the only animals, as a whole species, to ever to go against God were snakes and some others only, not roosters.

  • @coconuttree9719
    @coconuttree9719 2 года назад +6

    Greek: Stubs toe
    Table:
    Greek: You're going to jail buddy

  • @CodeMan-tj3rt
    @CodeMan-tj3rt 2 года назад +4

    10:08
    "The unfortunate rooster was charged with the crime of cavorting with satan"

  • @xenan7889
    @xenan7889 4 года назад +1079

    "the rooster was burned at the stake"
    me: so sad
    also me: eats a chicken sandwich

    • @Limbolots0
      @Limbolots0 4 года назад +61

      @@Vohasiiv not to burst your bubble but noo... they are killed in a pretty brutal way

    • @livipup
      @livipup 4 года назад +32

      At least the death of that chicken lead to something meaningful, continuing another life.

    • @xenan7889
      @xenan7889 4 года назад +14

      @@Vohasiiv you are so innocent

    • @dumbass3618
      @dumbass3618 4 года назад +1

      8:55 my favorite part

    • @Fankas2000
      @Fankas2000 4 года назад +15

      @@livipup Now hey last time I check burning produces carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide is then "eaten" by plants. So burning that roster did continue a another life.

  • @marcusaurelius2147
    @marcusaurelius2147 4 года назад +138

    So 500 years ago animals had a right to a just public trail by a jury, while beeing defended by a professional lawyer. it seems animal rights have been steadily declining these last centuries...

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 4 года назад

      right? :D

    • @Mrjoemill123
      @Mrjoemill123 4 года назад +1

      if my dog sucked and was going to be put on trial id visit in jail. no way im getting his sucky tail bailed out of jail

    • @democracydignityhumanrights
      @democracydignityhumanrights 4 года назад

      Coraru K we have too many cows, it’s time for a cow genocide.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 4 года назад +7

      @@democracydignityhumanrights cow genocide: exists
      McDonald's: I'll take your entire stock

    • @okbro3524
      @okbro3524 4 года назад +1

      @Coraru K By giving rights to animals, we will go backwards

  • @jondw
    @jondw 2 года назад +3

    fun fact, chickens who can no longer lay eggs often start taking on rooster like characteristics. not saying this is what happened(someone probably would notice if the rooster accused used to be a hen) but i wonder if it may be connected to the idea of a rooster laying an egg if this process happened early

  • @erdnalickeroftoads2143
    @erdnalickeroftoads2143 2 года назад +14

    Considering that Baboons abduct lion cubs to perform spawn Kills on them and the fact that dolphins (and orcas) are default psychopaths, I'd say yes. Yes they can

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 года назад +548

    History really is the greatest TV show we never got

    • @hdipan7731
      @hdipan7731 2 года назад +5

      Si se escucha profe 😳😳😳

    • @abdiabdi1990
      @abdiabdi1990 2 года назад +6

      Imagine if reality shows existed back then

    • @colonelcorneliuscornwall3547
      @colonelcorneliuscornwall3547 2 года назад +17

      It’s pacing is just really slow

    • @mr.supersonicultra9131
      @mr.supersonicultra9131 2 года назад +13

      @@colonelcorneliuscornwall3547 ikr there is to much filler

    • @saint8711
      @saint8711 2 года назад +3

      Have you considered "Horrible histories" Incredible tv show

  • @jlkjlkjkljklj9162
    @jlkjlkjkljklj9162 4 года назад +177

    No one is talking about "No Harm, No Fowl", but I see it, sir, and I appreciate it.

  • @madeforlosers
    @madeforlosers 2 года назад

    this appeared in my reccommended and I was immediately hooked.

  • @davetrack2950
    @davetrack2950 2 года назад +4

    I was really hoping you’d talk about Topsy the elephant. She didn’t get a fair trial but she was publicly executed. Poor, poor Topsy.

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter 2 года назад +487

    Normal people's reaction to a murder: Somebody got murdered! Who did this!
    Greeks: Those god damn murder gasses are spreading like an epidemic again

    • @ItSquishy
      @ItSquishy 2 года назад +6

      well shit the damn evil gases back at it again

  • @michealroth120800
    @michealroth120800 4 года назад +322

    5:11
    I'm just imagining a roof tile getting arrested for murder...

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 года назад +38

      Now imagine the lawyer who have to prove that this roof tile is innocent XD
      The experts: Athens would be very fun xD

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +44

      Lawyer: “CONFESS”
      Roof Tile: *Is a roof tile*

    • @edwardokaa
      @edwardokaa 4 года назад +65

      After serving its time for the murder, all Roof Tile wanted was to start again with a clean slate

    • @Reignor99
      @Reignor99 4 года назад +12

      @@edwardokaa See yourself out.

    • @amulet2350
      @amulet2350 4 года назад +4

      FeelsPyrrhusMan

  • @Anthintendo
    @Anthintendo 2 года назад +2

    4:04 - I want to imagine that a big ass rock fell on top of someone, and the Ancient Greek court had to haul the rock to the trial grounds.

  • @spencerbarton7384
    @spencerbarton7384 2 года назад +6

    Sometimes humans are magnificent, awe-inspiring creatures, and sometimes we burn roosters at the stake.
    Truly, the duality of man

  • @xxxsinpadres3867
    @xxxsinpadres3867 4 года назад +502

    "Animal morals"
    Remembers the behaviour of crows and how they have court
    Yes crows have their own courts

    • @fluffynator6222
      @fluffynator6222 3 года назад +9

      How?

    • @NotBendy580
      @NotBendy580 2 года назад +11

      @@fluffynator6222 this was 2 years ago i highly doubt they're respond

    • @Joker-fq6yx
      @Joker-fq6yx 2 года назад +44

      @V. _-Undying Crusader-_ .V
      not with that attitude they won’t

    • @xxxsinpadres3867
      @xxxsinpadres3867 2 года назад +92

      @@fluffynator6222 pulled from Google
      "According to scientists, crows often kill other crows in what's colloquially called "crow court" (definitely not a scientific term). These spats come as a result of an intruder crow coming onto one crow's turf, or a member of the current crow crew deciding to go rogue and double cross his crowrades."

    • @xxxsinpadres3867
      @xxxsinpadres3867 2 года назад +42

      @@Joker-fq6yx I didn't get any notifications for this thread up until now lol so I had no idea

  • @michaelwang1524
    @michaelwang1524 4 года назад +372

    But my dog ate my homework!!!
    Clearly work of satan himself, eating the pathway to knowledge.

    • @-Faris-
      @-Faris- 4 года назад +1

      Unacceptable! I will call the regional cardinal and public execution will take place at the town square!

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 4 года назад +7

      Michael Wang How does it feel to sentence your dog to a execution, just because you forgot to write your research paper last night? Are you proud of yourself?

    • @michaelwang1524
      @michaelwang1524 4 года назад +2

      @@midshipman8654I feel like John Wicking myself... :(

    • @johnloman4164
      @johnloman4164 4 года назад

      @Jack the Gestapo Asian 100

    • @natalyn139
      @natalyn139 4 года назад +1

      satan lost touch with adam and eve and forgot how to find the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, so he had to settle for tempting your dog to eat the paper of the knowledge of history and social studies

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 2 года назад

    Okay video! Thanks for uploading!

  • @ryotaa0054
    @ryotaa0054 2 года назад +3

    The inanimate object murder is like when you were younger and your parent hits the side of the wardrobe when you bump your toe on it

    • @nicholasparker2086
      @nicholasparker2086 Год назад +1

      In those situations where I stubbed my toe I was judged jury and executioner

  • @Engy_Wuck
    @Engy_Wuck 3 года назад +776

    "the practise of putting animals on trials has vanished" - ah, well, let's just say it changed enough to no longer make it a trial. But the problem still is the same: how do you handle an animal that has caused harm and/or death of a human?
    In the case of domestic animals essentially the owner is now charged, because he indirectly caused it by neglicience (or even on purpose, e.g. if he raised a dog to attack humans and ordered it to attack). But in some cases where the animal is "incorrigible" it is ordered by the authorities to be separated from the owner or even put to death.
    In case of wild animals also some entity decides what to do, up to ordering hunters to shoot the animal (say a wild bear or a wolf that has shown to attack near human habitation multiple times - happens every few years).
    In both cases, especially for the wild animals, it just doesn't go to "human court" anymore, but still some entity looks at the evidence and decides if that animal did the deed it's accused of and what should be done. There even may be lawyers involved :-)

    • @pinkdiamond1847
      @pinkdiamond1847 2 года назад +83

      Sadly the animal gets put down when the attack is entirely the humans fault.
      Like those RUclipsrs who put their dog down after the child was playing with the dogs food and got bit by the dog as a result and let's not forget Harambe.
      We need to bring back fair trials for animals.

    • @happyllama1160
      @happyllama1160 2 года назад +72

      @@pinkdiamond1847 Harambe was entirely justified. Gorrilas and chimpanzees are horrifyingly dangerous creatures and he could have easily killed that boy whether he meant it or not. There is no way he could have lived. They could have used a tranquilliser but that would have enraged him and he would have torn the kid apart. What did you want them to do? Let the kid be ripped apart by a massive territorial male gorilla and hold a trial afterwards? It was a sad incident but zoos have a responsibility to keep their guests safe and their lives come before any of the animals. The mother was stupid, but it wasn’t the boys fault.

    • @happyllama1160
      @happyllama1160 2 года назад +55

      The laws against pit-bull type dogs in the UK is horrifying and sad. Many dogs are destroyed or must be muzzled when around people for simply looking slightly pit-bully. They can’t help what they are and pitbulls can be wonderful pets when trained properly

    • @pinkdiamond1847
      @pinkdiamond1847 2 года назад +47

      @@happyllama1160 The mother shouldn't have been allowed to lift her child over the gorilla pit and she she should have been charged for the child's murder the gorilla shouldn't have been killed for a situation that was entirely out of its hands.

    • @evenbetter6655
      @evenbetter6655 2 года назад +65

      @@pinkdiamond1847 the thing is as human society members we value more lifes of humanthan any other animal, so to save a kid from dying thzoo keepers killed a gorilla, it doesn't matter if the gorilla was innocent and if the mother guilty. It wouldve been utterly unacceptable to let a child die in name of "justice"

  • @paulchambaz8906
    @paulchambaz8906 3 года назад +323

    It is so upsetting that the rooster went out this way. He deserved better. Historian Albert Eggstein call him the greatest rooster in medieval history. I love the rooster, I'm in that camp too...

    • @leeofthe7seas
      @leeofthe7seas 2 года назад +2

      Don't eat chicken

    • @lorenzooliveira1157
      @lorenzooliveira1157 2 года назад +6

      Nice reference there, amigo

    • @hihi-nm3uy
      @hihi-nm3uy 7 месяцев назад +2

      I caught that reference, because I watch HC so much that I recognise his speech habits.

  • @SinnohGreen
    @SinnohGreen 2 года назад +4

    I love how the judge is on board to give the Rats rights when they’re perceived to be in the wrong but as soon as the lawyer starts giving the same Level of reasoned argument, they’re all like ‚the rats? Like, they don’t Even speak English man‘

  • @charmygreen665
    @charmygreen665 2 года назад

    Great video

  • @lolki3727
    @lolki3727 4 года назад +40

    "And the unfortunate rooster was condemned to death and burned at the stake."
    I believe they call that a spit roast.

  • @SamwellWK
    @SamwellWK 4 года назад +34

    I can imagine the chicanery that might have gone down in Ancient Greece regarding the guilt of inanimate objects:
    "Objection! I did not kill that man. My sword did!"

    • @VechsDavion
      @VechsDavion 4 года назад +10

      When you realize a lot of people literally think this about guns...

    • @djangomarkov7948
      @djangomarkov7948 4 года назад

      @@VechsDavion
      No they don't, propagandist just promote the idea that they do so the sheep will do their bidding.
      You are but a sheep. Can you be guilty of ignorance if its in your nature?

  • @DiscipleFiveActual
    @DiscipleFiveActual Год назад +1

    René Descartes' take on whether or not animals are capable of evil reminds me of the anecdote with the Hindu sage in which he says, "It's the dharma of the scorpion to sting."

  • @yorangey_LOC
    @yorangey_LOC 2 года назад +8

    INANIMATE OBJECT MURDER TRIALS!! I hope they still do that because I would love to see a bunch of men attempt to kill a coffee maker
    (Edit: I watched 30 more seconds into the video and realized how stupid I was but I do want to see a coffee maker go to trial for murder)

  • @sakuta2231
    @sakuta2231 4 года назад +1567

    *Next up-* "Can animals consent?"

  • @OriruBastard
    @OriruBastard 4 года назад +364

    Well, technically animals do face trials even today.
    But usually that trial is very much simplified. If animal such a dog starts biting others, the result usually is death.

    • @davidjacobs8558
      @davidjacobs8558 4 года назад +62

      exactly, even the wild life are not free from execution.
      If animals like bears, mountain lions, coyotes attack human or domesticated animals, they are hunted down and killed.

    • @walterbell1529
      @walterbell1529 4 года назад +27

      ey,, same for bears a town in alaska found a bear innocent of tearing up my sisters trash can which was surrounded by electrical fence, an obvious show of trespassing and destruction of private property
      turns out the troopers and city counsel were all ran by bears
      don't get me wrong, my family has nothing against bears, we've hired them as private militants to protect our property before in the past with payment in forms of hogs, but my sisters new clan was just starting out and could not afford at the time to hire any protection for their land
      and to think all my sisters clan wanted done to the trespasser was to be molecularly broken up bit by bit by a giant 100ft by 100ft, 12.1ft tall yellow slime that was starving to death after a local preschool was no longer able to keep it feed healthy-ly,
      such absurdity and kookiness the lack of justice my state has

    • @gokbay3057
      @gokbay3057 4 года назад +21

      I mean, that's less a trial and more vigilante justice/revenge killing

    • @CThyran
      @CThyran 4 года назад +6

      @@gokbay3057 If it was a person sure, but as this video shows the entire trial charade falls flat when a chicken is being brought to court.

    • @fakename7901
      @fakename7901 4 года назад +5

      Ye at least back then they had a lawyer

  • @thegamingjelly1719
    @thegamingjelly1719 2 года назад +2

    I feel like the judge in the first one ended up with a huge amount of respect for the attorney

  • @TotallyTails
    @TotallyTails 2 года назад +2

    "Can Animals Commit Crimes?"
    Remember, you have a very low chance of getting killed by sheep. Bù5 ñèvē4 zë4ø.

  • @Flow86767
    @Flow86767 4 года назад +436

    To be honest, that was really interesting.

    • @HornadyMatt
      @HornadyMatt 4 года назад +3

      I love your name.

    • @feldsmann2
      @feldsmann2 4 года назад

      Not only interesting, but still relevant in ongoing discussions about animals rights.

    • @AirTerranean
      @AirTerranean 4 года назад

      To be honest, this was also hilarious.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 4 года назад

      Interesting, hilarious and sad. God we're a stupid species. This is why aliens won't visit us.

  • @theironpill9296
    @theironpill9296 4 года назад +40

    >Stop condemning roosters to death
    >Shortly after, World War erupts
    Yeah i'm thinking they were on to something

  • @dictolory
    @dictolory 2 года назад +3

    The church: the rats are destroying property, let's sue them.
    Australia: We're going to war.

  • @davidcunningham2074
    @davidcunningham2074 2 месяца назад

    fascinating and highly entertaining.

  • @tylergibbons9824
    @tylergibbons9824 4 года назад +128

    10:33 “No harm, no fowl”...lol

  • @Savage-zh2gs
    @Savage-zh2gs 4 года назад +151

    Prisoner number: 23476
    Crime: Murder
    Plead statement: ....
    Species: Rock

  • @StukovM1g
    @StukovM1g 6 месяцев назад

    I started this video expecting to laugh at the silliness of our ancestors.
    Instead I came to understand a very complex and sophisticated deep dive into the nature of evil, justice and law. Well done!

  • @greenbutter3190
    @greenbutter3190 2 года назад

    Stable video 👍

  • @angelsartandgaming
    @angelsartandgaming 4 года назад +64

    The whole rat court trial I swear feels like something out of Ace Attorney with it's goofiness, loopholes, a ridiculous client, a kooky yet knowledgeable defense attorney, and a slightly gullible judge. But this was real! And I love every inch of this, how did I not know this was real until now!

  • @rei1sba315
    @rei1sba315 4 года назад +97

    "I AM THE BEST BIRD LAWYER OF ALL TIME! BIRD LAW!" "What does that even mean?"

    • @Derp12
      @Derp12 2 года назад +1

      It's so funny how he chants "BIRD LAW!"

  • @Discotechque
    @Discotechque 2 года назад +1

    What do rodents say when they get caught stealing grains?
    "rats! They're onto us!"

  • @justacommenter
    @justacommenter 8 месяцев назад

    I like how the music for the rooster being burnt at the stake is the same as the music for Labienus dying