If the king decides a crime to be worthy of such, he will order the subject accused to be put into an arena. The public will surround this man or woman, and they will be placed before two doors. Behind one of the doors lies a beautiful spouse; behind the other, lies a tiger. The result was said to determine the innocence (or lack of it) of the accused by way of fate's hand. Being called "semi-barbaric" is ironic because barbaric means "to be savagely cruel," not just uncivilized. One cannot be somewhat savagely cruel. Semi-barbaric is an oxymoron since barbarism is innately the most extreme extent of cruelty, there is no moderation about it. Just because there are two doors, one with a gracious fate, does not lessen the barbaric nature of the tiger behind the other door.
Answer: You can either be a barbarian or you can be civilized.
