Prince didn't choose or ask to be captain, Arthur didn't arrange for Kallis to have elbow surgery or encourage his captain to go a little over the top on his pre-tour holiday in Knysna. Whether South Africa head to Sri Lanka to face a carnage or not remains to be seen. Neil Manthorp in Supercricket recommends they just smile through it all, no matter what.
In fact, many of the chief protagonists in the French Revolution (before the common people started to win) were led to the guillotine with a smile, a cheer and wave to the crowds. There was something very noble about having your head sliced off in front of a crowd of colleagues.
