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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Sorry, but we’re all busy reading about all those self-righteous, pissed-off teenagers telling us what the constitution means and how they’re gonna just vote everybody out and get all those nasty guns away from us.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (gasp) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA . . .
Oh, yeah. Them. Well, I’ve already decided they’re completely right and I’m just going to accept my blame for everything that scares their uptight little asses. If people with guns who haven’t harmed them are the real problem that keeps them awake at nights, I own my responsibility for that. Yup. In fact I’m thinking of selling the Jeep and getting a few more “assault weapons,” just so I can be all the problem I can be.
I’ve been offline. I just had Linux crash… well, for the first time ever. Any distro. Damnedest thing.
I’m here and reading…I type stuff, reread, and think, “that’s lame”, delete and go back to reading.
But Joel, you are supposed to replace the Jeep’s shock absorbers!
Oh, that’s true. Weather’s moderating this week – probably ought to get on that.
Then, you could offer that Landlady was in favor of the worthy repurposing of the Jeep for the above described worthy reason and escape the suspension work. Then you would want to share with us all the neat new toys you acquire, and you would be walking a bit more. And you might need to get a mule to haul the trailer around?
🙂