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Originally Posted by PsychoCannon
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Originally Posted by Tomcat
The police later came and asked if I wanted to press charges, I said no, because I wanted to show some faith is this young lad, I had his mobile phone number and I truly wanted to give him a chance to do the right thing. Did I get the cash.................. did I f**k ! Forget the 50 quid, I was so disappointed that he hadn't recognized my fairness and his opportunity to do right .... such a shame.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Whether we are dealing with subjects or enemies, and certainly enemies bent on our destruction, an excess of tenderness only leads to a loss of mercy
Niccolo Machiavelli
Better to Flog the b@sta@rds then give them the benefit of the doubt that they will not repeat their transgression than to just give them the benefit of the doubt.
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Along similar lines (taken from The Art of War - but I'm skethy on the details of names etc):
Sun Tzu was asked by the king if he could teach ANY army to be victorious. Sun Tzu replied "yes". So the king ordered 1000 women to be in his new "army", and quite a few of those were the kings concubines.
Suz Tzu separated the army into legions, and placed the kings favourite concubines at the head of each legion. He asked them if they knew left from right. They said "yes". He ordered them to turn left. They giggled.
Sun Tzu said "if an order is not given clearly, it is the fault of the general" and he repeated his order, making sure to speak clearly. Again, the women giggled & stood still. Sun Tzu said "if an order is not given clearly, it is the fault of the general. If an order is given clearly, and the troops disregard the order, it is the fault of their officers." So he ordered the concubines leading the legions to be beheaded.
At this point, the king interjected saying that he didn't want these concubines to die, as they were his favourite in the kingdom. Sun Tzu replied "With the greatest respect, at one time you asked me to be your general, and lead your armies, and, whilst acting in that capacity, there are certain orders that you will give me that I am unable to obey." The women were beheaded.
Sun Tzu replaced the now dead women, and continued drilling the troops, who performed flawlessly in complete silence for the entire duration of the drilling, whereupon, Sun Tzu reported to the king that the troops were ready for inspection.
The Japanese knew something about discipline!