Cruelty impresses, people, want to be afraid of something. They want someone to whom they can submit with a shudder, the masses need that. They need something to dreed.
The greater the crime perpetrated by the leadership, the less likely it is that the people will ever believe their leaders to be capable of perpetrating such an event.
Is it not a shame to leave the capabilities of a nation at the mercy of citizens who dispose of these capabilities lightly and shamelessly, as if they were playing cards.
