Friday's Costume Contest: Historical Figures...with a Twist!
By
Aneko,
Posted on: 2011-09-15 18:45 in Developers' Corner
Quote:
There are a number of fallacies here:|
Originally Posted by Lucky666
She did keep all the cake to herself that's why she was hung the people of France were starving
 lol |
1) Marie-Antoinette didn't say it anyway. It's likely that Rousseau made the anecdote up. She was actually quite charitable towards the poor.
2) There were no famines during the period of King Louis XVI.
3) She was executed because the French population at the time were xenophobic (she was Austrian), chauvinistic and thought that she had toiled away the country's money on frivolity and extravagance.
4) Oh, and she was guillotined, not hung.
Talk of Marie always makes me think of this
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
What kind of Villain would Marie Antionette be if she'd kept all that cake to herself?
Have fun!
War Witch