"And those who have not swords can still die upon them." The words are J.R.R. Tolkien's, but they could just as easily have come from the pen of George R.R. Martin, author of the wildly popular Game of Thrones series. Martin's fantasy world is hard and cruel, full of men (and more than a few women) deaf to reason and compassion. It's hardly a fertile testing ground for idealistic doctrines. Yet after finishing the most recent volume, I'm ready to defend a controversial thesis: Game of Thrones forcefully illustrates my common-sense case for pacifism.
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