tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:51744 I am the Kat that Walks By Itselfand all places are alike to meKathryn A.2020-06-10T12:36:57Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:51744:1052823More For the Vultures2015-11-26T21:18:42Z2020-06-10T12:36:57Zcynicalpublic0Douglas Adams had this to say about war:<br /><br /><i>Three stages in the history of warfare:<br />RETRIBUTION: I'm going to kill you because you killed my brother.<br /><br />ANTICIPATION: I'm going to kill you because I killed your brother.<br /><br />DIPLOMACY: I'm going to kill my brother and then kill you, on the pretext that your brother did it.</i><br /><br />(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)<br /><br />If he'd been alive today, he might have added another one.<br /><br />TERRORISM: My brother will martyr himself killing your sister, so that you will martyr his family, so that my cousins will kill you and I'll run away laughing.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kerravonsen&ditemid=1052823" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments