Posted on 08/24/2010 10:47:14 AM PDT by bt579
Trotsky was not a king, prince or royal. He was just a thug.
Apparently you’re hung up on aristocracy as the defining characteristic. And “thug” applies to lots of royals over the centuries, so they’re not exactly mutually exclusive terms. Regarding Trotsky, though, and without introducing any value judgements, he was a political rival for the top job, and when he lost out in the power struggle, he was murdered. Same with your prince.
(Sigh!) I should have added that they were all “thugs”, aristocratic or not.
Do you feel better now?
It might have been part of a tour. While in Egypt seeing the pyramids, we visited a mosque. It was not much. They had rugs all over the floor and a pretty empty building. Not much to see.
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