You mean impose military discipline on a a civilian government? Even the Duke of Wellington couldn’t make that work. (View Post)

A lot of people find the idea of preparing for 3 grams of tritium getting funky, say 10,000 feet above Manchester, too horrible to contemplate. Which is why Herman Kahn called it Thinking About The U… (View Post)

But that would involve making a decision or two and sticking to them. (View Post)

It’s a Peace Process that involves letting violent criminals get away with violent crime. Then violence ensues. Who could have predicted that? (View Post)

IIRC a sentence of (say) 8,000 years, with parole a possibility after 1/3rd time served would be fine under the ECHR. (View Post)