Ironsouled said:
Saulkar said:
Thank you, and that is a Great historical reference.
OT: Fight, yes, sacrifice, even my life, yes, but I wouldn't drink the special kool-aid because my government told me to... So I suppose even I have standards.
Completely ignoring all the pro-us style patriotism vs. european... lukewarmness to the subject, it takes sacrifice to keep where we live free and usually not ruled by despots, and if nobody is willing to make that sacrifice... What little good is left in the world will flicker and die.
There is a reason the military and acceptable society are always a couple steps out of sync. For me: "Those who ?abjure? violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf."
Let me guess, you like
24. Right? I prefer to think of it like this.
Person 1: "Everyone should live in peace."
Person 2: "There will always be dickheads who want to fight, so we have to fight back."
Person 1: "But if they're fighting, and you're fighting, how can we tell who's the dickhead?"
Person 2: "Erm, well, you see, we're American... and the Bible says... erm..."
Person 1: "'Turn the other cheek'?"
Person 2: "Nope, erm, the constitution..."
Person 1: "All men are born equal?"
Person 2: "Shut up, fuckin' liberal commie prick!" *shoots person 1*
I prefer to think of it my way because not only is it quite insulting but it is also very dismissive of other, probably reasonably valid, counter-arguments.
Anyway, I'm only left-wing because right-wing doesn't have any good satirists.