In ancient Athens, voters disliked politicians expelled from the city Bashny.Net

And not only politicians - could expel any grazhdanina



Stigma was a procedure under the Athenian democracy according to which any citizen could drive out of the city-state of Athens for ten years. In some cases, because people's anger was expressed, but often resorted to ostracism as insurance - for example, it was used as a way to neutralize a potential tyrant or someone who could potentially pose a threat to the city.

It is important to note that the stigma had no relation to justice. It is not a means of rehabilitation or conscription, was not considered as a penalty: ostracism was simply the will of the people of Athens that one of the members of the public leave the city for ten years.

In modern society, there is also a stigma - informal exclusion of a person from a group by social exclusion. Also under the stigma in our days is defined as any behavior, when a group or individual ignores or rejects other groups or individuals.

via factroom.ru