Comments on: What are the rules that govern the killing of enemy leaders? https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/what-are-the-rules-that-govern-the-killing-of-enemy-leaders/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 09:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Johnny Abacus https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/what-are-the-rules-that-govern-the-killing-of-enemy-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-203740 Johnny Abacus Thu, 12 May 2011 19:10:29 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24805#comment-203740 Doctor Pat:

If you think of progressivism as (an attempt to install) rule by intellectual, then you can think of pacifism and equality as weapons against the military and the productive class respectively, targeted particularly at status accrual.

]]> By: Ben https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/what-are-the-rules-that-govern-the-killing-of-enemy-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-202509 Ben Wed, 11 May 2011 19:44:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24805#comment-202509 Well, we got the bastard, and we should be proud of that.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/what-are-the-rules-that-govern-the-killing-of-enemy-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-202280 Isegoria Wed, 11 May 2011 15:02:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24805#comment-202280 No effective use of violence goes without criticism from the (secular) pulpit.

]]> By: Doctor Pat https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/what-are-the-rules-that-govern-the-killing-of-enemy-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-202248 Doctor Pat Wed, 11 May 2011 14:15:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24805#comment-202248 It’s fairly obvious why senior politicians want to stay well away from an open policy of assassinating senior politicians. But what on earth leads academics and similar talking heads to argue that killing a dictator is much worse than killing one of his 17 year old conscript soldiers?

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