Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Rough Men and taking a stand

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – attributed to George Orwell, Winston Churchill etc, and likely to have some basis in Orwell’s comment about Rudyard Kipling: “He sees clearly that men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Rough Men and taking a stand