At the conclusion of his three exchanges with the St James's Gazette he observed: "as you assailed me first, I have the right to the last word.
But just before delivery, he took Seward's toning-down advice, and drew a line though the bellicose caveat "unless you first assail it".
The new president promised "my dissatisfied fellow countrymen" of the South: "The government will not assail you unless you first assail it".
In one early stage, set in a quarry, all bright red and orange, the cops move from chasing you around to assailing you with gun choppers, and for the rest of the stage you have to tag the surroundings while avoiding being carpet bombed into cel-shaded oblivion.
You have assailed journalists who focused on your eating habits, but didn't you expect it, given that your new novel, "Big Brother," is so focused on overeating and obesity?
5) Negativity: How do you combat negativity when it seems to continually assail you on a daily basis from countless media platforms?
First you are assailed by the smell, an acrid odour of death that wrenches the stomach and sticks to you like glue.
Just as on the Royal Mile, people dressed as clowns assail you with flyers for audienceless shows, so here as you approach the "secure zone" you are handed dozens of leaflets for fringe events: a Christian Socialist church service, countless "Stop the Cuts" rallies, a Havana Club rum reception.
At its worst, when you're assailed by the terrible creeping fear that all the New World Order and survivalist cobblers in their lyrics might not be meant ironically, it can feel a bit exhausting – it's hard not to wish they would occasionally dial it down a bit: perhaps a couple of numbers about barbecues or bums might not be such a bad idea after all.
You're assailed by all these species that have evolved over hundreds of years, and all these species are battling away, trying to block each other's light and knock each other out.
