Key insight. Very closely related. In the secularized instance of it we're encountering now, people could be said to be substituting demonstrations of belief fo

Key insight. Very closely related. In the secularized instance of it we're encountering now, people could be said to be substituting demonstrations of belief for mercy, etc. I'd argue the particular choice of symbols in a religious war is really secondary and not meaningful to how predictable its progress is, sadly.