The Left Hand of Darkness Warfare Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 This is a parade with no soldiers, not even imitation soldiers. (1.5) |
No soldiers means no wars, but what do they fill that empty parade space with? Girl scouts selling cookies? Ba-dum-tish.
| Quote #2 By the litter walk eight guards armed with "foray guns," also relics of a more barbaric past but not empty ones, being loaded with pellets of soft iron. Death walks behind the king. (1.9) |
So no warfare, but fear enough of violence to have developed guns? It's really just a hop, skip, and a jump away then.
| Quote #3 Such a man as Estraven must have guards about him somewhere, for assassination is a lively institution in Karhide, but I had seen no guard, heard none. (1.72) |
It seems that politicians still have a use for violence. You know, in a way, that might actually be preferable if politicians just fought among themselves.
