George Marshall was a warrior and a statesman. So was Ghengis Khan -- warrior and tyrant. Warriors are not necessarily inclined to be tyrants, and certainly not all tyrants are warriors. Is Eddie Gallagher, of Trump Pardon fame, or William Calley warriors?
George Marshall was a warrior and a statesman. So was Ghengis Khan -- warrior and tyrant. Warriors are not necessarily inclined to be tyrants, and certainly not all tyrants are warriors. Is Eddie Gallagher, of Trump Pardon fame, or William Calley warriors?
"Warrior" is an troublesome concept, much muddled, the kind of word we use thoughtlessly as if it had a clear meaning. But when we take a closer look at the gamut of circumstances in in which we variously use it, "warrior" turns out to be anything but clear. Like "hero". Like "Justice". Like "Honor".
What probably we both want to mean by "warrior" would be
George Marshall was a warrior and a statesman. So was Ghengis Khan -- warrior and tyrant. Warriors are not necessarily inclined to be tyrants, and certainly not all tyrants are warriors. Is Eddie Gallagher, of Trump Pardon fame, or William Calley warriors?
"Warrior" is an troublesome concept, much muddled, the kind of word we use thoughtlessly as if it had a clear meaning. But when we take a closer look at the gamut of circumstances in in which we variously use it, "warrior" turns out to be anything but clear. Like "hero". Like "Justice". Like "Honor".
What probably we both want to mean by "warrior" would be
A KNYGHT ... and that a worthy man,
That fro the tyme that he first bigan
To riden out, he loved chivalrie,
Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.
Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre,
And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre,
As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse,
And evere honoured for his worthynesse.
There has always been a shortage of these.