So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets. ![]() But we all know that’s not going to happen. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. ![]() I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. ![]() “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.” It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army.
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