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On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM James Bottomley
<James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> wrote:
>
> It's happened occasionally, but it's not very traditional.  Usually
> when people do a palace coup replacement, the tumbrels are waiting
> outside to cart the old dictator off to their sticky end.

This has taken a dark turn.

I do want to point out that I brought the question up last year on the
spot. I didn't get any reaction then. I was thinking me not being
around would have been more conducive to discussion. But whatever.

             Linus