Witnesse the Ostracisme amongst the Athenians, and the Petalisme among the Siracusans.
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Petalism
//ˈpɛtəlɪz(ə)m//
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They've identified a reference to the ancient Syracusian practice of banishment known as petalism, and what may or may not be a reference to efilism, a branch of the antinatalist philosophical position advanced by Schopenhauer, but what any of that has to do with the lyrics' subsequent allusions to Moby-Dick seems pretty open to question.
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