it brings up some interesting philosophical arguments over killings - e.g. whether killings are correct when sanctioned by 'the state' or just dreamed up by the individual
it reminded me of
this book
I used to carry it about with me as I hitch-hiked around west Australia and up into south east Asia wearing a checked shirt and smoking a corn cob pipe - you'd find me loafing about on a fence post somewhere waiting for a ride to god knows where and pretending I was all deep and knew what I was doing (Christ what a ******

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I only actually read it a couple of years ago - I just used to think it was a cool and trendy prop