[annalex]

a bullet to the skull

Funny you should mention that in the context of American political system, -- where, despite its short existence and the supposed benefit of getting rid of the presidents through the ballot box, we have an assassination in every generation, and we don't even know of the attempts that fail.

[allmendream]

Yes, and a King would be killed every year, not every generation - every American patriot would have his duty clear before him - to throw off like our forefathers the chains of oppression and tyranny of monarchy and to kill every worthless idiot who claimed to be an aristocrat - and all their boot licking lackeys who wish nothing more, no doubt, than to lay down their life for their betters - and who could deny that any man is better than a bootlicker?

[allmendream]

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” Samuel Adams