"'It is Prince Rupert! Rupert has returned! Protect him with your bodies, him and these! Bring him at once, the prince before the King!'" (p. 210)
All men are equal. However, if, during a battle, I was ordered to protect a commander with my body, then I would obey such an order. Prince Rupert or, since I would be on the other side, General Cromwell would have to be protected.
Ironically, if he had no other recourse, a Presidential bodyguard would have to earn his salary by taking a bullet instead of the President - then his family would inherit his salary.
Of course, what we urgently need is a world were such orders and decisions are no longer necessary!
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Kaor, Paul!
All men are equal? Yes, but they are also not equal in abilities, talents, status, etc. About all that is really practical is for all to be treated as impartially and evenhandedly as possible before the law.
Of course commanders of armies and heads of state have to be protected. That should go without saying. But I have no use at all for Cromwell, being one of those leaders who don't deserve such protection. A usurper and tyrant!
And I don't expect to see a world where leaders won't need bodyguards to happen at all.
Ad astra! Sean
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