[Menes]

Same with me.

The only people I despise more than the dictator‘s thugs are their poison pens, i.e. the hacks who scribble the propaganda. Utterly vile people, these killers without guns or knives.

[Antoninus]

The only people I despise more than the dictator‘s thugs are their poison pens, i.e. the hacks who scribble the propaganda. Utterly vile people, these killers without guns or knives.

There is a South Korean pop song entitled Muiiya, which asks the question: "Is there any difference between swords and politics?" This is apparently taken from a dialog by Mencius which posits that killing someone with politics is no different than killing someone with a sword.