“None dare call them THUGS.”
The history of thugs (thugee’s) is very interesting. They were a criminal gang that would join travelers in India, gain there confidence and then strangle them. The governor of India decided to wipe them out. So after 600 years they came to an end. Today we’d have to empathize with them and give them space to do their thing. My, how humanity has changed in just a short time. As recently as the Korean war it was okay to kill somebody who wanted to kill you. Now we take them prisoner and heal their wounds before letting them lose to kill again. Is there such a thing as being too civilized?
Being stupid isn't more civilized than being smart.
We are not too civilized. We are too stupid.
Anything taken to sufficient excess becomes a nemesis.