COMensarations
Saturday, April 07, 2007
A Contentious Continuation….
...of a discussion of honor, valor, home, hearth, country and life.
There’s been an interesting discussion going on over at Little Green Footballs, relating to the comportment of 15 Royal Marines and swabbies.
At this point, it has boiled down to two camps. Those who think these people reacted and behaved badly and those who say, “We should not judge them.”
Oddly enough, it seems that the most vehement of the latter camp seem to be Viet Nam veterans.
I’m not sure WHY that is the case, but I’m (1) curious and (2) confounded by why these gentlemen think that it’s okay to either ‘give up’ in a fight or do a Monty Python ‘Run Away!’.
So I’ve invited them to come here and discuss it.
We’ll see if they’ve got what it takes to do anything as reprehensible as face the ‘enemy’ on their own ‘turf’. However, anyone is welcome to join in here. So, as my sensei would put it, “Fight!”