A little murder

[Don K Dyck]

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The CIA is everywhere. Ishmael

That's true, Ishmael . . . even working out of the Oz Prim Monster's office during the Cunningham by-election here in Oz . . . perhaps if the CIA stayed home and were dirceted to find the real criminals of corporate America the world would be a more peaceful place.

 

[Ishmael]

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That's true, Ishmael . . . even working out of the Oz Prim Monster's office during the Cunningham by-election here in Oz . . . perhaps if the CIA stayed home and were dirceted to find the real criminals of corporate America the world would be a more peaceful place.

Yes, of course.

Ishmael

 

[70/30]

I didn't read it, I just did a skim to make sure Vince Foster wasn't mentioned.

 

[Ishmael]

I didn't read it, I just did a skim to make sure Vince Foster wasn't mentioned.

Attention deficit syndrome?

Ishmael

 

[Byron In Exile]

With this talk of deeper layers and ripples, I'm beginning to think I've missed something. But what I see is this --


The headman rose to a place of prominence in his village, and of responsibility. That responsibility was to make decisions regarding matters that would affect the village, in its best interest. This he utterly failed to do. Faced with a situation where two overwhelming powers had made his village the focal point of a contest between them, his duty, it seems clear, was to investigate and determine, as well as he was able to comprehend, which of the two would be more harmful to the village's interests, and betray that side to the other, removing himself and his village as the fulcrum of power between them. It would stand to reason that if one side seemed the more powerful, and therefore more certain of victory, that side should be the one favored, since a victor which had been betrayed by him could not be expected to treat the village well.

What he did do was simply to wait, in a situation which neither of the opposing forces would tolerate indefinitely. It was likely that one side or the other would remove him, unless some external factor resolved the situation. His action, or lack of it, was to avoid making the difficult decision, which the village looked to him to do, and which was his duty. And so he died a total failure.


It could have happened in Costa Rica, or Guatamala, or Nicaragua. It could have happened in the United States some decades ago. It seems realistic because it simply illustrates the dynamics of power, without moralizing. At least, that's what I got from it -- in any case well-written, and enjoyed reading it.

 

[SINthysist]

He was trapped by contentment.

That led to weakness.

No choices.

 

[Draco]

Well, heres my take on it (tongue in cheek)

We all know it wasn't Hanns on that hilltop.
1: Snipers ALWAYS work alone. (UH-HUH )
2: Paintballs cannot penetrate sternums.
3: With Hann's coke-bottle lens glasses, he'd have to be 3 feet away from the sharman to see a clean shot.
4: Glocks and Uzi's, and G36's are automatic weapons. The real sniper used a bolt action rifle.

A question: Was the sniper trained at Bragg, or Benning?

Just kidding. Thats a very well written piece Ish.

My real look on it is, some fools will kill anyone, just to get a small inconsquencial piece of real estate, just because someone else already has it.

 

[Ishmael]

Seems like a good time to bump this.

Ishmael

 

[HeavyStick]

bump

 

[Ishmael]

Dying is easy. So is killing. The only difference is in who dies now, and who dies later.

Because you're going to die.

Ishmael

 

[Ishmael]

I just thought of a real life applicatiion of this story and am no longer in question as to why the village elder was killed.

Ishmael

 

[Nebaioth]

hmmm....

I agree with you right up to this point; “which of the two would be more harmful to the village's interests, and betray that side to the other, removing himself and his village as the fulcrum of power between them” While this would certainty have been the easiest way out I do not believe it is the correct way out. Something many Democrats do not, and will not ever understand.

How this does relates to France? France continues to appease radical Islam, both through action and non action. Their failure to truly commit to one side or the other while trying to “keep the peace”, is the cowards way out. It keeps the blind masses happy and temporarily removes them from the list of potential terror targets. Luckily they have the United States to do their work for them. But if not for us, then whether through attrition or direct action, France would be “shot in the sternum”.

 

[Songcatcher]

You allow yourself to bump old threads?

Fucking Nazis.