[Allegra]

Women have no ‘place’ on the battle field.

Right.

You're not calling the shots. Since you are in such a position, you are merely bloviating.

I am however, calling the shots in my case. And I've spent about half of the past decade "on the battlefield."

Without your permission.

[editor-surveyor]

Bad things happen to good people.

Some bloke in Scotland demanded that doctors amputate his healthy leg, and they did it (without my permission).

Is everything that happens without my permission ok by you?