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Revision as of 19:20, 7 March 2007 by Emo man50 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)h]] idiote ("uneducated or ignorant person"). The related word idiocy dates to 1487 and may have been analogously modeled on==United States law== The California Penal Code Section 26 states that "Idiots" are one of six types of people who are not capable of committing crimes.
In several states, idiots do not have the right to vote:
- Arkansas Article III, Section 5
- Iowa Article II, section 5
- Kentucky Section 145
- Mississippi Article 12, Section 241
- New Jersey (Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 6) (amended Jan 2007 to
A few authors have used "idiot" characters in novels, plays and poetry. Often these characters are used to highlight or indicate something else (allegory). Examples of such usage are William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and William Wordsworth's The Idiot Boy. Idiot characters in literature are often confused , person lacking professional skill," literally "private person," used patronizingly for "ignorant person," from idios "one's own".
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