Well Actually, guillotines are highly engineered and persnickety devices requiring specialized labor to both transport and operate them, rendering them an impractical tool that reifies labor inequalities in the field of revolutionary executions
OK fine. I surrender to your trebuchet preference. Sigh.
I did once have a mini-trebuchet I built on my desk and painted glittery purple. Mainly used to throw candy to my colleagues, because why not?