Let's see if we can move to slay some lib/pwog/com-soc/Marxist dragons... A Defense of Alexander Cockburn’s Libertarianism
AUGUST 16, 2013 A Defense of Alexander Cockburn’s Libertarianism by JOHN V. WALSH Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit Email The malign beauty of the rondel dagger or its offspring the stiletto is not simply that it can be concealed as it is brought into play but that it can be withdrawn with only a small external wound. The rondel dagger, takes it name from the treacherous instrument’s round handle and discoid handle guards, but its slender blade has cutting edges. Once in, it can be turned to cause massive bleeding. This weapon could finish off a heavily armored, unseated knight whose gear could be pierced only through its interstices or the slit in its visor. Thus it could be thrust through the visor, then the orbit and into the brain or through a crack under the arm or at the neck of the downed knight to reach the heart. Often the victim was close to death in which case the rondel finished the job, although one can imag...