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English town says deeply shameful tradition is worth saving actually (youtu.be)
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You don't need to watch the video. Tom Scott/None of the interview subjects ever point out how fucked this is, but basically the story is rich sadists would put coins in boiling water and then throw them at poor children to watch them endure injury for small amounts of money as a form of entertainment.

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[–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

And so obviously they stopped celebrating it, right? The last line in the video is

We're about making certain that these wonderful old quaint customs continue.

Backed by the sound and visual of Tom clapping.

If you think I've misunderstood this documentary designed to bring awareness of a social ill, then fair enough. In that case my criticism is that Tom didn't make a video that communicated that well enough, and my criticism of the town remains unchanged.

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