Wow…. This is an amazing article, one of the best I’ve read in awhile. Excellent post anon. The lead in quote is perfect. > Indeed, men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which alike can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day of danger when their aid may be required.” —Thucydides, on the stasis at Corcyraō