Jeff G. asked: > What are your personal opinions on assassination as a means > to effect policy by (or within) a government? In Dragaera or in 'the real world'? In Dragaera, I'd have to say the justifications presented by Vlad as narrator in _Jhereg_ for assassination have nothing to do with gov't policy. Also, the events of _Phoenix_ lead to Vlad's arc through Athyra, Orca, and Issola. Clearly, even Vlad is repulsed by his former occupation. In our own world, the thin thread of support for assassination that is created by the availability of revivification is nonexistent. Death means death here. Assassination is murder. Murder is bad. Don't do it. Find some other way to affect the policy change you seek. Casey