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Originally Posted by Icelander
Rough Men. For substantially the same reason. Attributed to George Orwell, Heinlein, Kipling or Churchill, though none of them ever said those exact words, the sentiment still stands:
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We sleep safely in our beds at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.
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Following up on that quote
here, and in a similar vein, there's this quote from John Le Carre:
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Thus we do disagreeable things, but we are defensive. That, I think, is still fair. We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night.
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Thus suggesting
The Disagreeables as a moniker. Variations on the term could be used like this:
A: What do you think of the new guy? Is he agreeable?
B: Not in the slightest.
A: Good to hear. We need more like that.