THREE months in and the uprising in Syria is growing ever bloodier.
MACDUFF. I have no words. My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain Than terms can give thee out!
On the other hand, politics can be a much bloodier battleground than war, as any advocate of a “kinder society” soon finds out.
The best that can be said about this week's bloody street battles in Bangkok is that they could have been so much bloodier.
But a cleverer response is to suspend it temporarily-introducing "promotional" prices on selected goods, for example-as a prelude to a bloodier price war should the treachery continue.