The Right Wing Gaming room’s author hasn’t posted (or come to game night either) in a while but today he hits it out of the park:
I had a thought the other day, “The price of peace is simple, merely the chains of slavery.”
Patrick Henry put it much more eloquently as follows:
“Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Do these words stir anyone nowadays?
It doesn’t stir many because of Narcissism! When the only thing you love is yourself the idea that you risk for the sake of others or future generations is just not there.
My generation, the baby boomers are the most narcissistic that has ever lived. We are the only generation that thought they were brighter than their parents as teens and never changed that opinion.
I have a pet peeve concerning the “greatest generation” nonsense. My father’s generation wasn’t the greatest generation, they would have pointed to their parents as better men as would their parents before them. The only reason why that is claimed is because my generation is the WORST GENERATION that has ever lived in this country. We never stopped being full of ourselves and have wasted the gift that our forebears gave us.
Our children, at least the ones not over medicated and under achieving; the generation actually volunteering and fighting in Iraq is greater than ours and it isn’t close.
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Several years ago, on one of the gaming sites I saw a topic regarding the war and responded. Someone criticized me about it and asked if I felt so much about it, why didn’t I enlist. My response was if I knew I wouldn’t be laughed out of the recruiting office (due to health issues, asthma, overweight), I’d do so “In An Instant”.
He had the decency to take back what he had said, saying while he may disagree, he respected my honesty. If only more had the decency to admit that one’s passion is important, especially if it’s for the love and willingness to die for their country.
Knowing you and knowing me I would be laughed out faster I think.
Oh and BTW thanks for the Kasperey came in handy