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Re: mu'tlheghmeywIj SochDIch vImugh



>Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 09:48:58 -0800
>From: [email protected]
>
>Can you say:
>qIp wa'DIch mup yembe'bogh vay'
>"let he who is without sin strike the first blow"
> Or is the reference to the punishment of stoning to death
>more central to the idea ?  "Throw the first rock "does not carry that
>connotation, either. As a reference to a form of capital punishment is a
>theme, then perhaps we should look into Klingon capital punishment for a
>clue.

A very good point.  Maybe something like "HIvwI' wa'DIch Da[nIS] yembe'bogh
vay'"?  (It's more long-winded than yembe'wI', but probably good in this
case).

~mark


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