One god, one market, one truth, one consumer…
*Disclaimer: This is one of the times where I get completely off topic and go in a thousand different directions. However, it’s good food for thought, probably a three course meal at that. I apologize for any grammatical errors you may encounter, and I appreciate any input beforehand. *
we can live with no regrets
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In answer to your earlier question, the weather here is uncharacteristically lovely. I always seem to bring anomalous sunshine wherever I go and I tend to take full credit for that whenever possible. Yesterday, when I arrived in Scotland it was about 60 with amazingly clear blue skies and very low humidity. Today it's a bit cloudy with a strong wind off the firth--more the usual Scottish fall.
Chalice and the sword--good way to view the world and most everything really...think about it. Relationships benefit from this dichotomous approach whether it's just you and your friend or your country and the rest of the world.
Politically I have mixed feelings...well, I have mixed feelings about most everything...haha. Seems to me the lesson of Vietnam (which might be applied to our war on terror as well) is that we don't fight to win--we don't seem to have the stomach for that. So our sword is dull and our chalice could use some work too...
Ever read any of Thomas Sowell's work? He's technically an economist but I think of him more as a brilliant philosopher of life.
Cheers yo!
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Sometimes, it’s necessary to use the sword. But sadly, a lot of people feel we need to raise the sword before we raise the chalice. I’ve always liked the idea of Valhalla. You wake up in the morning, go to war, rack up a body count, then probably get killed off later on. At night, you get resurrected to share in a gigantic feast the same people you fought against earlier, and continue the cycle the next day.
Now, in reality I know that’s not possible because we only get one life to live. So why would our government engage in a war that we don’t fight to win? They aren’t even the ones fighting, they send our military to do it. I just feel like our military intelligence isn’t being allowed to do it’s job as freely as the infantry, which shouldn’t even be out fighting without quality intelligence. I’m sure our military is capable of fighting a war without the government’s help or initiative, but something tells me they aren’t being allowed to do their job, which is reinforcing structure in an unstable land.
I’ve never read Thomas Sowell’s works, but I’ll check into them. I have a feeling I’ll spend more time reading books in a park than actually opening up my text books. Gracias para la recomendación!
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