2. Pericles brought a plague to Athens for 3 years and all that happened to him was he was removed from office only to be let back in years later. Yes Socrates speaks his mind and is now treated no better then a boil on ones foot not tell me how that represents our all great democracy.
             3. When the council of 30 ruled Athens very harshly putting 1,500 people to death and making 5,000 citizens out of there homes and were exiled from the city. Of the 30 one named critas ordered 5 people including Socrates to arrest the ambassador to salamis who strongly pushed to be ruled by democracy again. Of those 5 supposedly al around democracy favoring people ONE declined and rejected the order to arrest the ambassador. The one who did sits before you and is one trial for trying to break down our society and its government and that is Socrates.
             4. On another note how can all of you say that you seriously respect the government choice of democracy. Democracy is the government of the free and the equal. Yet you all commonly have slaves and do not allow women to be citizens. And you condemned the mans WIFE for even stepping foot in this court.
             5. How can you accuse someone for trying to destroy our government when all he said was we should have the people who knew what they were doing and who have the ability to do so that is the logical thing is to have the people who can lead to lead and not have a baboon doing so.
             6. Also those of you who say he worships false gods this means you worship false gods as well. Socrates attends all of the same religious activities and systems that most other Athenians.
             7. As far as that goes he never as said that any certain god was wrong but in fact he said" In gods we know nothing" all that says is that we know nothing in relativity of the gods in those word nowhere does it say your gods and
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