apparently the doctorate route pays for brits liek you and east so go do that

My larger point is that by denying the value of any system where anybody makes decisions based on some nonviolent system of values, you set the stage for perpetual anarchy. If that's "sad" then the answer is to start demanding some common framework of cooperation between "elites".  If "anything goes" then effective violence will immediately trump nice-nice nonviolent struggle by memos and PR.  That is why Africa is largely not run by argument and "spin".

becasue the idea that we are civilized beyond teenagers toting RPGs is of course, mere ideology.

Dude, absolving the powerful of their crimes is the FIRST "pragmatic compromise".  Why do you think the Five Families lost the reins?  They had few rules...except "thou shalt not whack a boss and live"...guess what happened when Gotti made them eat it? Moral anarchy does not suit any kind of heirarchy.

>>Why? Is it simply because the latter doesn't affect the status quo and the former does?     I see.  It's not about principles or ethics or anything for you, is it, Balsz.  For you, it's about always being on the side of the victor.<<

It's the difference between targeted violence to remove oppression once and for all, and "Hulk angry, Hulk smash".

take one with a bag over your head, Gwenydd, that shouldn't violate guidelines!

used synchronized hairwaves to catch groupers

only Santa Claus knows when you are lying and when you honestly don't know something is false

that was a test of your reading comprehension

the dog said we could!

Rawr!

was batslapped by the Bitchman