I would love to see even a shred of evidence that such an "unwritten rule" ever existed anywhere other than Fisk's imagination.
I would love to see even a shred of evidence that such an "unwritten rule" ever existed anywhere other than Fisk's imagination.
I think he's drawing on the ancient maxim, "Only a King can kill a King", but in the process, he's elevating terrorist scum to the prestige of Kings of nations.
Perhaps that's why he didn't quote the maxim, but chose rather to bastardize it.