The law of unintended consequences

 

1. Ah, yes. It just goes to show that Lord Havelock Vetinari is indeed a fictional character: An intelligent politician whose intent is to actually solve problems *permanently*.

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       01/04/2009  at  11:55 AM  



2. Grumpy, there are some advantages to being a tyrant. Of course, opening up the city to the dwarves probably helped a lot with the rat problem too.

   “come on, everyone, and bring the ketchup!”

   Posted by Drew458       01/04/2009  at  03:36 PM  



3. Pratchett also nailed quite accurately what’s missing from politics, and indeed from everyday life, in ‘Wintersmith’:

   “This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”

   Once upon a time, such was *assumed* to be the attitude of any good citizen, and most certainly any soldier. Now it’s said only by fictional witches, and everyone else stands in fear and awe of them because of it.

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       01/05/2009  at  12:04 PM  

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