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one imagines suddenly how possible the spanish inquisition could be, how efficient.
walled villages, a three days' journey away from the nearest city even on horseback in a society in which only 3% of the population have horses. family after family, generation upon generation, mould tiny disagreements into grand public feuds and the merest slight, left to fester, grows into the source of belligerent resentment.
if we were all to be locked inside of newstoday for a decade and, suddenly, a man came along and explained that all we need do in order to eliminate our enemies would be to state publicly that they had been seen swimming in the sea, or getting propered in the forest by a demon with a halo and sublime expression. thus, *poof* away to the rack with them. full ip ban.
in our accelerated time(I)frame, we understand better than most.
you'd do it.