[bert]

The death blow will come from the Praetorian Guard

[JohnBovenmyer]

Pray it does not. The last thing this country can afford is for him to be martyred, while his cult survives, in any way that even delusionally could be linked to the traditional strengths and values of this country. The Praetorian Guard would be easily so linked, even by the saner cultists. His Maenads would rend the country, limb from limb, to make his values absolute and his programs permanent. That cult must be substantially deprogrammed and defused and its leader discredited before any action can be taken against him.

[JohnBovenmyer]

Pray it does not. The last thing this country can afford is for him to be martyred, while his cult survives, in any way that even delusionally could be linked to the traditional strengths and values of this country. The Praetorian Guard would be easily so linked, even by the saner cultists. His Maenads would rend the country, limb from limb, to make his values absolute and his programs permanent. That cult must be substantially deprogrammed and defused and its leader discredited before any action can be taken against him.