Re: inclimate climes (wasRe: LOTR credit line)

--- J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:

> >In the future, "wars of identity"
> >will be more common than ones of
> >a purely nationalistic kind.
>     I find what my uncle says is pretty
> dead-on-right & true bleu, though
Yep! Though, even the "purely nationalistic" wars
were just big wars of identity. All our big
patriotic wars - 1776, 1812, 1861, 1870s, 1898 -
they were all about identity. American Identity,
granted, but identity all the same. Even the
later wars have some of that in em.

> somehow it strikes me as being a cynical,
> sweeping (self)justification of
> gun-running, guerilla warfare, terrorism,
> mercenary-ism and other nasty acts of
> "dirty war" - things like unchecked torture and
> whole-sale slaughter.
Well. If that's how he choses to live his life,
he has to justify it! That's the Way of it; even
warriors have to come up with a good reason for
why they do what they do.

>     In these small regional dirty wars - as
> well as larger ones, there are
> definite tendencies to deliberately disregard
> or ignore all concepts of honour,
> humanity and decent conduct in the supposed
> name of "freedom" or "patriotism"
> or "homeland" ... that, somehow, the Ends
> justifies the Means...
Yes. People are very good about setting aside
such things in order to get to their goal.

>     I, by no means, am above this myself...
No one has ever been. It's just a matter of
knowing that and climbing up a little higher each
time we realise we aren't quite high enough yet!

> I just hope I am honest enough to
> remain truly human, truly humane despite of any
> possible _situa en extremis_
> and my reaction(s) in those situations- however
> minor or major - are
> alwayssubject to the harshest forms of
> self-criticism, self-criticism and
> self-discipline. To me _this_ is the highest
> calling of the everyday warrior as _I_ see it.
Ah. The everyday warrior. His enemy isn't to be
found in a battle field with armies and weapons.
He's to be found in our own heads, cos he
bivouacs with us, messes with us, sits in on all
the tactical councils and knows all our weapons
and intelligence.

Padraic.
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