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2021-03-28 Southeast Asia

More than 90 killed in Myanmar in one of bloodiest days of protests

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1 “it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-28 04:41|| 2021-03-28 04:41|| Front Page Top

#2 but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”

...until a tipping point is reached, when Citoyen Nicolae Ceaușescu and Citoyenne Elena Ceaușescu find that even fleeing dramatically by helicopter isn’t enough to prevent a drumhead court martial and execution within hours of being captured.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-28 07:47|| 2021-03-28 07:47|| Front Page Top

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