"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
Sure you are, with least amount of force. PROVING you were only defending yourself with least amount of force is a whole other matter.
As an example, some years ago, a lady around 70-80 or so years old had stopped with her car. A psychotic man opened the door, and started to strangle her.
All she could do was honk her cars horn...
A guy stopped, saw what happened, grabbed the nearest tool and beat the perpetrator unconscious.
Perpetrator went to a mental ward, the guy with the tool went to prison for "armed assault". Judge thought he could have used less force.
Sure, our version of supreme court cleared him after a public uproar, but that still goes to show where we are at legally.
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Considering the African colonies were set up solely for the exploitation of raw materials, it should come as no surprise that they have trouble "progressing". It's a bit rich to look at the Africans after half a century and look on in dismay at their half functioning democracies.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
True - but then you have the countries that are just barbarism with t-shirts and AK's.
That's a bit harder to explain.
RE Kad's Iranian pictures - it's important to remember that this lifestyle was adopted happily enough by the young - but it was ENFORCED on everyone. No head coverings - no calls to prayer.
Piety became a way of resisting the repressive regime of the Shah.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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