Muscle:

 - I worked with a Neanderthal once .. for many years. - He was a stocky ex-paratrooper both about five feet high & wide who had stolen stuff all over Germany & Northern Ireland - and was a cheerful sort as long as he was well fed and happy. - Two things made him happy .. the first was stealing stuff - and then he had his party trick of circling behind you and clenching his hands together about chest high to squeeze so that you couldn't breath and your ribs started to crack - he'd hold the pressure until the victim collapsed and then he'd let them fall in a heap while he chuckled merrily.

- If you were quick you could spin-out of his grasp  .. & he didn't seem to enjoy having one squat shin bone scraped-bare by a steel shod work boot back-heeled & stamping down.

It was definitely genetic as he had a son 'Wayne' who later joined the NZ Navy when they still had a boat and his fellow Jack-Tars would pay him to go clubbing .. with all the piss he could pour-down bought & paid - as long as he'd smash & crash any local bovver for them when called. Solid meat & bone from the kneecaps up but quite biddable if they sense a profit.

Such is life eh .. If you assess people well .. you can prove your point by telling them that half of their fellow Poms, or shelf-stackers, or Weight lifters, - MP's - whatever - are of below average IQ. - It works every time.

As a lad (- I was born very young) - I was taught that my superiors were also my betters and that we poor folk had to support & give money to our wealthy class's .. it was an archaic form of brainwashing or conditioning no longer much used. - Children nowadays are trained that THEY are the most important person and that whatever they feel they want is true- and that they are entitled to it ( unless maybe Dad is called Wayne.).

It's a sad reality that whoever has the 'most powerful argument' usually wins that disagreement. - Yes I know that America gave-up in both Vietnam and Afghanistan but they chose that withdrawal because they were bored or something. Please don't challenge them to a duel as their 7,000 plus Nuclear Warheads and mechanized armed forces should be "as good as a nod or a wink to a blind-horse"

Power is a persuasive argument unless the other side has an equalizer eh. Working Girls in the old Wild West used to keep a "Get-Off-Me-Gun" snug & warmly to hand for when the Marshal got frisky .. a tidy wee derringer, and perhaps a sharp bladed pig-sticker too used to balance the argument.

Two Tooth Gertie ..

Basic HUMAN RIGHTS used to include somewhere to live, - something to eat, - and a right to have the means to defend yourself, - Murderers and rustlers got hanged ..

Perhaps we now are too modern for any of that? - there are some who claim that an unarmed population are subjects rather than citizens - that may have some truth eh - but I'd definitely suggest that here in New Zealand, right now, - the balance of power between licensed gun owners and government is weighted in favor of the politicians .. and to manage any change we will HAVE to get voices into The BEEHIVE.

Get Political real quick ..

Marty K.