Pizzey's Perch

The adage “You can kill the mes­sen­ger, but not the mes­sage”  pur­port­ed­ly traces its roots to some­where in the Mid­dle Ages. Its 21^st cen­tu­ry appli­ca­tion is to do the lit­er­al killing bla­tant­ly, and dis­prove the sec­ond half of the admo­ni­tion furtively.… Read the rest