A Masterful Work; A Must Read

There's really not much which I can add to this essay.

"Violence and brutality are as much a part of humanity as intelligence and socialization. It is the universal drive of civilization to contain these instincts, to redirect them into more productive channels, to convince people to live within a set of rules. But no matter how civilized, no society has eliminated them, nor will one. The society that forgets this is the society that falls to the barbarian hordes."

Other than to say that it is truly breathtaking in it's scope, clarity and force of reason.

As for myself, I shall post it in it's entirety at my shooting club's bulleten board, and at every gun store I frequent. 

Not to mention a copy to give to every hand-wringing GFW out there I deal with on an ongoing basis.  Yeah, it may be spittin' in the wind.

But if it helps even one of 'em to get it, then it's paper and ink well spent.

Finally, thanks much to the Geek With A .45 for the heads up, and mostly to Control Group of The High Road for this magnifcient work.

I needed the reminder.

Comments

[Rivrdog]

Cap'n Jim, I decided that the accent of this essay is the definition of the warrior class, and the discussion of guns is secondary.

To my mind, if the warrior class is fully accepted, the matter of their weapons will never be seriously challenged.

In the US of A, the Warriors are the Militia the founders insisted upon writing about and granting the right of arms to. Each member of the Militia (that's you and me, pardner) may accept different definitions of what a warrior is, but all of us accept our duty to defend the Nation (and our selves, our families, our way of life itself).

Is it just me or have you also noticed a large increase in excellent writing on these subjects on the 'Net lately? It's as though all these writers suddenly felt extremely motivated, or they felt that a weight had been lifted from their muse, and so the creative writing has just flowed from their pens and keyboards.

[Madryn]

Wasn't it Robert Heinlein who said "An armed society is a polite society."?