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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': On pre-war Cybertron, Cybertronians convicted of serious crimes could be sentenced to empurata: the removal of the hands and head of the offender and replacement with cruder, clawed and faceless substitutes. (Empurata is an anagram of ''amputare'', the Latin root word of "amputate".) Already a controversial practice, the corrupt Senate had a habit of inflicting it on dissenters out of simple spite.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': On pre-war Cybertron, Cybertronians convicted of serious crimes could be sentenced to empurata: the removal of the hands and head of the offender and replacement with cruder, clawed and faceless substitutes.substitutes, simultaneously reducing their quality of life and marking them for ostracism. (Empurata is an anagram of ''amputare'', the Latin root word of "amputate".) Already a controversial practice, the corrupt Senate had a habit of inflicting it on dissenters out of simple spite.
** In the dystopian Functionist Universe, so many people had been subjected to empurata that it lost its ability to shock. The Functionist Council therefore went a step further by removing the head entirely, replacing them with flat screens that could only communicate through text (and periodically flashed Functionist propaganda).
** In the dystopian Functionist Universe, so many people had been subjected to empurata that it lost its ability to shock. The Functionist Council therefore went a step further by removing the head entirely, replacing them with flat screens that could only communicate through text (and periodically flashed Functionist propaganda).
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* Historically a common punishment in Tibet, as killing as punishment was prohibited by the Buddhist theocracy.
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* Historically a common punishment in Tibet, as killing as punishment the death sentence was prohibited by the Buddhist theocracy.
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* Historically a common punishment in Tibet, as killing as punishment was prohibited by the Buddhist theocracy.
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** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': In the series premiere "[[Recap/HouseOfTheDragonS1E1TheHeirsOfTheDragon Heirs of the Dragon]]", Prince Daemon leads the City Watch on a raid through the slums of King's Landing to punish criminals by cutting off body parts associated with their crimes. A rapist is {{c|rippling Castration}}astrated, a thief loses a hand and a murderer [[OffWithHisHead his head]], among others. By the end of the scene, there's an entire cart full of amputated body parts. Several members of the King's Small Council [[EveryoneHasStandards are appalled by Daemon's brutality]], but he insists that his actions were necessary to keep the city safe.
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* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': In the series premiere "[[Recap/HouseOfTheDragonS1E1TheHeirsOfTheDragon Heirs of the Dragon]]", Prince Daemon leads the City Watch on a raid through the slums of King's Landing to punish criminals by cutting off body parts associated with their crimes. A rapist is castrated and a thief loses a hand, among others. By the end of the scene, there's an entire cart full of amputated body parts. Several members of the King's Small Council [[EveryoneHasStandards are appalled by Daemon's brutality]], but he insists that his actions were necessary to keep the city safe.
