They're more than willing to fire a blunderbuss in a room full of TNT.
The folks in actual power aren't fanatics. They just like to give that impression. What they are is power hungry, because they enjoy their lives filled with the privileges of power. They want to continue living the good life, like everyone else in real power. True religious fanatics don't rise to positions of real power.
True.
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous
"Self-reliance, free thinking, and wealth is anathema to both the power of the State and the Church." Derby Dude
