"So in your mind, the judge should throw the switch, the General should push the button, and the President should pull the trigger. Interesting concept... I see how this is put into place everywhere."

"i'm gonnaside with MD and loki here...

you're just jealous that wehave the ability to gun derps down.

^_^"

"also, if you have had someone commit such a crime that execution is on the table, it shouldn't be a matter of screwing around about how to do it. whoever pulls the trigger/swings the hatchet/presses the button has saved the group alot of grief."

"As to doing it myself. It's hard to lead when you are thought of as a brutal murderer... unless that is the kind of settlement you are fostering.

For a designated single executioner... we would all be living together in close quarters. I wouldn't ask of any one person to end lives of those they live with consistently. This left the "did I, or didn't I option". I see no cowardice in it. Actually I about snorted Pepsi out of my nose, at the thought of Pedro implying that."

"Feared or loved? I ask for neither. Being a leader is a thankless, difficult task. Anyone who comes along *who can do it better* can have it. It isn't something I want, but I happen to be good at it.

"It is not difficult to live knowing you've taken a life." Come back when you have done so. I know several people who through the course of their employment in the services have done so. Not one of them finds it easy. They find a way, but saying that it is "not difficult" is a gross naivete that belies your lack of knowledge.

A leader *should* be burdened by these things. They are a burden. They are great responsibilities. You need to recognise them for what they are. Don't blithely run over the topics, but sit and think about the ramifications for every action you take, because post-apocalypse, they are going to be herculean in their magnitude. You will be one of the last people on the planet. Condemning another to death will be just as big a deal as it should be today."

"post apoc world.

someoneis murdered. andproven guilty.

that warrants death.
anyone that wants tosay otherwiseis being daft."

"The ability to quote The Prince (which by the way was not a how-to leadership manual, but a skewering critique of the Medici family) does not make you an authority on leadership.

The ability to lead does not require fear, nor love. The ability to use logic and reason, to be able to corral people in order to achieve a goal, to view a problem and perceive a solution; all these are needed for good leadership.

You want to have a dick measuring contest, take it to PM and we can see what the other has accomplished so far. Otherwise, personal attacks will see this thread locked, I don't care that I have written in here myself."

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The ability to lead does not require fear, nor love. The ability to use logic and reason, to be able to corral people in order to achieve a goal, to view a problem and perceive a solution; all these are needed for good leadership.

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