The Only Thing We Really Have to Fear....

Frank (Henry Fonda's character in "Once Upon a Time in the West"), when asked why, rather than simply scaring the people, as he was asked to do, he decided to kill them instead, responded first by uttering, "People scare better when they're dying"....and then, me-buckos, by killing, additional killing. Of course, it wasn't until those last few "utterances" from Frank himself (this, after his finally getting plugged by Mr. Bronson) that it/the truth of his theory here, truly blasted him, and the rest of 'em, home. And, yes, by then, it was way too late even for irony.