Steve GannBell the Cat!
February 13th 2007 05:16
Most of us reading this message would argue against force, where possible. The Bush adventure in Iraq. The various sagas in the Middle East. Sudan, Ethiopia, Bosnia and the list goes on. A loaded gun, a road side-bomb - hate, death and war.
And then there was Robert Mugabe. Sigh. If ever there was a sad individual who deserved a bullet with an attitude, he is it! Yet still he lives. Some of our readers would no doubt be willing to load the gun and fire the weapon to dispatch him. One question is, how do you get close enough to make it happen? The other question is, can we accept the necessity of making it happen?
In the play The Thistle and the Rose, some of the characters are debating how they will remove the tyrant. One of them, Angus, shouts out that he will bell the cat and so names himself in the context of the play. They call him Angus-Bell-the-Cat.
So it has been throughout history. Some sieze power - the Amins, the Hitlers and their like. Then if action is not taken, they entrench themselves and carry out atrocious, vile acts because they believe they have no one to answer to but themselves.
It would be nice if at this time I could write a nice little fable describing how to achieve a positive outcome without violence. That is not the case. I don't like the General on Horseback. I don't like the shallow ill-considered responses of the Bush-Howard axis in regard to Iraq. In fact I would argue against such rash expeditions whenever they might be suggested.
In contast, when it comes to the Amins, the Hitlers and the Mugabes, or even the Husseins of this world, sometimes we need to act. And a bullet with an attitude seems the only way to make it happen. Any other suggestion really begs the question and escapes responsibility for taking effective action.
Therefore, for sake of the many, someone should bell the cat. Someone should act to rid the world on an unthinking, bloody tyrant -- but who?
And then there was Robert Mugabe. Sigh. If ever there was a sad individual who deserved a bullet with an attitude, he is it! Yet still he lives. Some of our readers would no doubt be willing to load the gun and fire the weapon to dispatch him. One question is, how do you get close enough to make it happen? The other question is, can we accept the necessity of making it happen?
In the play The Thistle and the Rose, some of the characters are debating how they will remove the tyrant. One of them, Angus, shouts out that he will bell the cat and so names himself in the context of the play. They call him Angus-Bell-the-Cat.
So it has been throughout history. Some sieze power - the Amins, the Hitlers and their like. Then if action is not taken, they entrench themselves and carry out atrocious, vile acts because they believe they have no one to answer to but themselves.
It would be nice if at this time I could write a nice little fable describing how to achieve a positive outcome without violence. That is not the case. I don't like the General on Horseback. I don't like the shallow ill-considered responses of the Bush-Howard axis in regard to Iraq. In fact I would argue against such rash expeditions whenever they might be suggested.
In contast, when it comes to the Amins, the Hitlers and the Mugabes, or even the Husseins of this world, sometimes we need to act. And a bullet with an attitude seems the only way to make it happen. Any other suggestion really begs the question and escapes responsibility for taking effective action.
Therefore, for sake of the many, someone should bell the cat. Someone should act to rid the world on an unthinking, bloody tyrant -- but who?
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