I love this comment made in an LJ friends' post about this:
"I keep thinking of Henry II of England who 'accidentally' had Thomas a Beckett assassinated. He allegedly wished out loud that someone would "take care of" the pesky Archbishop, and was 'so surprised' when someone actually did."
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Date: 2011-01-09 05:55 am (UTC)"I keep thinking of Henry II of England who 'accidentally' had Thomas a Beckett assassinated. He allegedly wished out loud that someone would "take care of" the pesky Archbishop, and was 'so surprised' when someone actually did."