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** And the Roman adage/grammatical mnemonic: ''Vis vim vi vincit'', force beats force with (more) force.
** And the Roman adage/grammatical mnemonic: ''Vis vim vi vincit'', force beats force with (more) force.
* In [[Real Life]], [[Realpolitik]]—thankfully—doesn't work this way. After some fiasco involving missiles in Cuba, the USA and USSR decided to wise up and open direct phone line between Washington and Moscow, so they can always talk things up instead of torching the world in nucular flame and hoping that only your side survive.
* In [[Real Life]], [[Realpolitik]]—thankfully—doesn't work this way. After some fiasco involving missiles in Cuba, the USA and USSR decided to wise up and open direct phone line between Washington and Moscow, so they can always talk things up instead of torching the world in nucular flame and hoping that only your side survive.
**The phone line presumed the existence of the missiles. That protection did not exist in [[The Killing Fields|Cambodia.]]
* Sadly, in many cases of school bullying, this ends up becoming the last resort for victims who had enough.
* Sadly, in many cases of school bullying, this ends up becoming the last resort for victims who had enough.


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