"We are Britain.
"Mess with us, and you WILL get a shoeing. In fact, a little bucket full of sunshine.
"Now... look back and see what happened last time these things were used. Because the Sons of Nippon wanted to carry on... even though they knew they'd lost."
In those terms, it makes some form of sense. As a deterrent, carry on. It is only when it is used as an offensive weapon, or a threat - 'behave, or we'll ruin your day' - that one gets worried.
We had a few locally. It was a weapon of last resort, had the hordes mobilised and got close to taking out the Apartheid government. That would have been a response of pure spite.
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