I’m not sure where this comes from. Just more idealistic pacifist bullshit, I suppose.
Is it just me, or do these ghastly displays of military hardware and rows and rows of robotically obedient marching adolescents make others sick to the stomach? Isn’t it about time we stopped comparing the sizes of each other’s dicks? Was Darwin wrong? Are we evolving at all?
Especially now when we witness one little boy’s ego throw the world into turmoil is it not time to simply say no?
Guns do not make us strong. They camouflage our weakness.
***
No.
I will not raise my hand
in anger.
Or to hold up your ego
I will not be your fist
or your Frankenstein.
Nor hide my humanity
behind a flag or an anthem or a uniform.
For I have witnessed the birth of evil,
and will not nurture its offspring
nor speak it’s native tongue
nor follow it to foreign lands.
I will not sit at it’s table,
drink it’s wine
and share it’s breath.
For the taste of death
is the same in any language.
***
Richmond Road 
That’s really powerful! Love it!!
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That last line is magnificent.
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You are far too kind (on multiple occasions) …. that’s probably a Mormon thing
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Supposed to be…
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Hear hear.
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Guns do not make us strong – they are much more suited to the weak. The taste of death does bridge every language. Evolution is stymied.
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EwwwWeeee!! Shots fired!!! I love this! People are definitely changing over time but we are going back not forward! It just blows my mind that Russia is drafting men! This is just crazy along with other crazy things happening in this fucked up world! Very beautiful assessment you have here!
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Yeah. I don’t believe that taking up arms is excusable under any circumstances, but I concede that others may find such a view as impracticality idealistic. But it’s difficult to find any reasonable excuse for marching over someone else’s national border with gun in hand when that person poses absolutely no physical threat to you.
Why is it that 95% of the world’s most pathetic wankers are male?
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I commented on this in 2022 and I am back again !
Wow! This is quite powerful, quiet but fierce, refusing to bend to violence or borrowed identity. You speak with a moral spine and a steadfast conviction, naming darkness without letting it claim you. The restraint in your language is also quite powerful! “I will not be your fist or your Frankenstein”
Your words stand tall where shadows creep
A vow your spirit swears to keep
You choose the light no hate can bend
And walk with truth as your closest friend
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You are so kind.
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Some would disagree lol but I am most of the time ❤
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Ha ha! ‘Most of the time’ is more than good enough!
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History has shown us when times are tough, people become fearful. Fear leads to hate and resentmant and hyper-vigilance. Dictators that feel insecure or unable to cope are more inclidned to invade other countries – in a desperate bid to secure their geopolitical borders or obtain access to ports and resources they may not have. I was reading a book that explained almost every inter-country conflict in geopolitical terms. Sounded plausible, unfortunately. The military parades appear to be all about postulating propaganda. Like the schoolyard bully – meant to intimidate but in reality – cowardly.
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Yes. Separating the hero from the coward often requires a good degree of historical perspective. Identifying the evil of our enemies deludes us into believing that our own actions are otherwise motivated.
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Great post
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You are very kind. Thank you.
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Despite the question, I suppose you’ve figured out that evolution is only about those who happened to survive and go forth, not about ethics or anything like that. Some decide on a twisted form of so-called morality that defines the good as whatever it takes to survive or win.
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On the other hand, I would argue that ethics are a vital factor in our successful evolutionary progress thus far, even though greed and avarice remain strong contributory factors.
The fact that Mr Hitler had his own evolutionary ideas a bit out of kilter would seem to provide some indication that trying to mess with the process too much doesn’t seem to work.
It’s not really about those that survive and go forth – it’s about WHY they do so.
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your comment about Hitler reminded me of something I discovered years ago when I was a volunteer at the state historical society: Hitler based a great deal of his patterns of eugenics on a ridiculous study done in this country in the early 1900s; people from prominent families were given written tests concerning family tastes, physical attributes, inherited characteristics, on and on and on…you could say we inadvertently aided and abetted his behavior. it’s sort of like the dog you adopted turning around and biting you on the butt…
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And what a nasty bite it was!
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I seem to have disappeared from the list. No idea why. (glances around suspiciously)
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I just resigned to receive your posts, it says I’m already receiving them, I’m not. I came by to say I liked your limericks on Esther’s prompt site. So sorry I haven’t been reading, I thought you just weren’t writing🙄
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You’re not missing much I’m afraid! But I get yours! Keep at it!
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