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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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Dude. You’re obsessed with corgis.
Actually, I’m merely trying to help you remember that, for all his quirks and foibles, Laddie is merely being a Corgi…
There’s little danger he’ll let me forget that soon.
In fact Sunday he briefly became Angry Boi and got his ear boxed. Landlady was coming over for coffee which meant I needed to make the bed before Torso Boy was through using it. I shoved him off; he barked at me. I pushed him toward his own bed; he completely forgot himself, snarled and bit me. I think it was just a snap that went wrong, he didn’t make much contact but I’ve spent over 12 years with bigger more violence-prone dogs and my reaction to that sort of thing is pretty much hardwired by now. He got an immediate serious swat that made him yelp and cringe. Felt kind of bad about it though he was completely at fault, and I didn’t do the whole routine of making him roll over and expose his throat which I would have if it had been LB.
He’s got kind of a mean streak when he doesn’t get his way, but that’s the first time since he arrived in August that I’ve needed to remind him who’s the biggest and meanest dog in the house.
And you have to do it immediately, the first time it happens.
People forget an Alpha canine in a pack will do the same to subordinate pack members as a hard swat or bite if he/she pisses off or challenges the Alpha. When people tell me I shouldn’t do that to my dog I tell them to fluck off and mind their own business. I have a well behaved dog because I do not allow bad behaviors.