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Posts from George, East Bridgewater, MA

George, East Bridgewater, MAGeorge, East Bridgewater, MA
George, East Bridgewater, MA

Well, we all know Orwell never said this. But who cares, it's the sentiment that matters. I bet you all consider yourselves "rough men." Me too. And yes, I'm a vet, so I've been a defender of the peacefully sleeping too. But I'm just not buying your bullshit. The quote is right, very right, as far as it goes but the perspective is childishly narrow and without the rest of Orwell's argument from "Notes On Nationalism" all you have is a truism. This fact out of the context of a point has no more force than, "the sky is blue when it isn't night time or cloudy." Pretty much right most of the time, but who cares? Follow around a hospice worker or a victims rights advocate at an inner city hospital for a day and tell me soldiers are the only ones who sacrifice their lives, others do it slowly one grinding day at a time. It seems to me that while it is quite right that the only reason we are safe in our beds at night is because there is a group of "rough men willing to do violence on our behalf," we must remember that the reason they are required is because some other group of people with their own group of rough men is just as worried as us and just as convinced they are the greatest thing in the universe as we are. Though the whole us and them arrangement may be a necessary evil it seems to me the "rough men" in and of themselves cancel each other out morally speaking. My point: you have to be a good man to be worthy of honor just fighting on the right side isn't enough. In short, don't be a dick. Our courage and the fact we fight for freedom (and I do believe our way is best) does not in and of itself make us good. Rough men love to congratulate themselves on their roughness, and they will play the victim just like a bitch but at the end of the proverbial day it doesn't matter how hard you swing your dick; if you lack honor, humility and generosity of spirit, you suck. I saw this quote on a bumper sticker and all the guy really wanted to say was, "I'll kick your ass if you disagree with me." Look, millitary men protect and SERVE, you don't remind everyone how dangerous and important you are.

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