Kill the chicken to scare the monkey
What is the meaning Joe
It is quite easy and examples
Can be found throughout history
It means one might punish a single person
Or a group as an example
To deter others from behaving identically
Even in the UK there have been examples
Of young man being executed as an example
Even though he did not commit the actual murder
Some soldiers were shot at dawn as examples to others
That has been very well documented
There were even mutinies during war
Again there were a number of examples
Joe where do you stand on capital punishment
Normally on the scaffold Josie
Funny man but seriously
I dislike capital punishment
Why
Because I do not believe that the state should have the power to take life
This said I am also a realist and there are crimes that are so ghastly
That one does think about it
At present I am undecided
A question what would you do if a pirate ship
Chased our yacht
I would defend the yacht
With what
You are going to hate me but this boat is armed
That is illegal Joe
So is murder rape and robbery
One has to use common sense
I am so cross with you Joe
We all agreed to discuss everything
Josie does have a point
The whole thing is an abstract Sephine
We are unlikely to be attacked
But there is always the chance
Think about it this way
We carry safety equipment for obvious reasons
The whole thing boils down to common sense
Nothing else
I thought this was going to be a democratic voyage
But you have decided to become the leader of the band
Josie what is that over there
A Frigate Bird
No over there
A large ship
What do you find on ships Josie
People
What do you call the person in charge
The captain
So you are the captain of this yacht
Yes
Joe leave her alone
Yes leave me alone
Otherwise I punch you on the nose
Do I sense a mutiny
I think he should make him walk the plank
Agreed
Put him in our dingy and set him adrift
Abandon him on the Pitcairn Islands
That will be hard Sephine as we have just left Ibiza
This is all getting very silly
Josie a coffee please