They would then, presumably, be left with each other and whoever had the greater killing power would inherit the graveyard. Not even Hitler, with his streamlined, scientific factories of death succeeded in wiping out all the Jews in Germany. But even the most barbaric society has to be governed in the end by the rule of law. In a Christian society the beginning of such law lies in the Commandment “Thou shall not kill”. A despairing Irish News editorial on the more than 200 lives lost through political violence by the end of July 1976, making it the worst year for fatalities during the Troubles after 1972.