A CONVICTION, A THREAT, A PROMISE. —“I am not concerned with should, I am conc

A CONVICTION, A THREAT, A PROMISE.

—“I am not concerned with should, I am concerned with shall. Not in persuasion but compliance. Not in compromise but in defeat. Not in tolerance but in deportation. And should deportation fail, in hanging, impaling, crosses and pyres – from the merely utilitarian to the most dramatic. There is a vast difference between convenience and conviction, between discount and premium. Between action and excuse for inaction. Should’s, requests, demands, are a convenience by which to obscure a discount, by justifying inaction – and creating a theft from one’s ancestors, ones peers and all generations that might follow. And so there is plenty rope and pyre for such lairs, cheaters, and thieves as well. Act, or perish at the hands of those who do.”—