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5th September 05, 11:47 AM
#17
I live by a sort of warrior code. Like, hmm, in my confrontation with the meth head in the general store, I popped him one good one and warned him not to move or he was gonna get it again. And had he lied still, I would have left him alone. While I can be quite cruel and merciless on those that deserve it, in general, confrontations must follow certain rules. I issued an ultimatum. And he failed to comply with the terms and conditions. Thus, I was forced to apply brutal methods to make him comply with my wishes, and thus preserve the safety of all those around me.
Here I go exposing my self again, but Sun Tzu's Art of War was, and still is, very much like a Bible for me. A handbook on how to live your life and conduct your self. I read it as a young boy actually, for the first time. I was looking for a book on how to conduct war. My enemies were the bullies of the school. The book was profound. Life changing. Even as a child. When I got older and read it again, even was even more profound and life changing. It was something I understood, something already deep inside me, but I lacked the wisdom and the vocabulary to put it in to words. And somebody done put it in to words for me.
I am fairly sure warriors all over the globe had their own code. Some were better than others, some held to more honourable causes, and some had no honour at all. Scotland was no different. Infact, even though I only know a little on this subject, I would dare venture a guess that the Scots were far more honourable in their warrior code than the English, who time and time again broke treaty after treaty and was constantly backstabbing anybody and everybody they could.
Being violent and dangerous and dare I say, "barbaric" does not make you any less of a human being. Quite the opposite. Some of the greatist people on this earth have been barbarians. Ghengis Khan. Atilla the Hun. William Wallace. (Yes, he was considered a barbarian by the victors, those who write history)
There is no shame in being considered earthy and crude. One should take pride in it. To further prove my point, a kilt looks just as noble and provokes just as much emotion on a dirty, bloodied, battle weary fellow as it does when dressed to the nines in some ballroom.
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