> Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out
> is one of my favorite quotes of revenge. thanks MaJoC

FTFY.* Oh, and it wasn't revenge that Claudius had in mind, but a purging of the body politic to make room for a return of the Republic. Sadly, "making room" doesn't work in real life, and history is littered with counterexamples.

.... And here I was, about to suggest that Isildur is turning into a pale imitation of Mordor before our eyes .... Aside: One of the big spytech firms is called Palantir, presumably for a nontrivial reason.

* I used to get that wrong too, till I looked it up recently.