The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #40386   Message #578433
Posted By: Ebbie
23-Oct-01 - 09:11 PM
Thread Name: for all who wish for war
Subject: RE: for all who wish for war
Now you could kill him and the whole problem would go away — for a while.

"But there would always be someone who would want to take his place, who would be convinced he failed because he was too weak or too stupid or not ruthless enough.

You've got the same list of possibilities, only now you're dealing with an even nastier adversary.(Bold:Ebbie)

You can reason with these people all you like, but I think in the long run the better solution is to kill them, one by one as they arise, until they all get the idea that operating outside the society is not going to be profitable or good for their health and longevity.ddw

David, how does one keep on killing each progressively nastier one? And what kind of world do we end with?

Ebbie