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Originally Posted by ManlyBanisters  Indeed, Rubi - not being executed is not the same thing as getting off scott free. |
There seems to be a prevailing logic that support anything other than one extreme means support for its 'opposite'.
I think the terms
'Scot-free' dates back to mediaeval times; in relation to the avoidance of a tax (scot). If one avoided payment one was considered to have got off 'scot free'. It has nothing to do with Scotland at all.