Bike riders swarm through rush-hour traffic on Friday and clash with police after mayor targets passengers riding pillion

The officials soon concluded that the easiest way to remain on good terms with the court was to elude responsibility, to tergiversate, to prevent results.

Certainly, one could imagine this kind of systematic denial of the resources required to live as a form of politicide -- or political genocide.

Although the business world has its “nights of the long knives,” the affluent are generally reluctant to be totally ruthless either in competition with one another or against individuals of lesser financial standing.