Carthage must be destroyed; the words with which Cato the Elder concluded every speech in the Senate after his visit to Carthage in 157 B.C. where he saw in her revived prosperity a threat to Rome. The phrase is now proverbial and means "that which stands in the way of our greatness must be removed at all costs." -- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

About the writer, Dave "1/2" Nelson:
Dave lives somewhere in Ontario -- the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle makes greater precision impossible. He is a writer/literary agent, currently gaining a reputation in the pages of Penthouse Forum. His life goal is to become so famous that his name becomes a verb of some kind. Failing that, he will settle for being able to buy and sell his friends and coworkers with his pocket change.