"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Let's remember the audience and the authors...
Like Stoics - the Samurai wrote things to be read by their PEERS. Once upon a time - being able to read and write meant, most assuredly, that you were wealthy or at least were under the patronage of the wealthy. The lessons contained in many of these historical volumes are lessons to be conveyed to mentees from mentors. They were not intended for the "lay" person to read and consider them. Does that mean they can't also be considered by a lay/prole/normie? Of course not. What it does mean, is just because you can put yourself in the shoes of the author - it doesn't make you that person. Nor does it mean that the lessons are actually for you.
I'd love nothing more than being a traveling scholar going from place to place learning what I wanted and when. Art, warfare, science, history - but that is simply not real. We don't live in a world where I can turn up some place and simply due to my status I can be guaranteed to be housed, fed, and supported. Which by-the-by is exactly how all "great philosophers" lived.
Tl;Dr: Just because you can picture yourself that way doesn't make it true. I can picture myself dating a super model and being ultra wealthy. That is - not - true.
You guys got wrapped up in choice of words and not the meaning behind it.
Might've missed "all the different types of people out there and the levels they (and I) am at."
I chose the words I did because I simply did not know of a alternative word that fit. To elaborate: if one chooses to carry defensive tools and a willingness to fight if needed, what word should be used whose meaning is understood by most?
Last edited by Jay585; 05-05-2024 at 03:39 PM.
"Well you know, it's a toolbox. You put the tools in for the job." Sam
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
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Well then I am mistaken.
I had hoped to have a discourse on the mindsets of the unarmed/unwilling to fight, to the talisman folks, to the practitioners.
Having thought on it Musashi wasn't really a warrior either, just a skilled swordsman.
"Well you know, it's a toolbox. You put the tools in for the job." Sam
On a serious note, I do think I get what you’re driving at. My inclination is that warrior is not the right word. It implies war, and that’s not how LE should operate, nor how self-defenders should approach self defense. I agree with you that there is a type of person who is mature, skilled, armed, calm, and ready, should the need arise, to act. I call that group “the people I want to serve warrants with”.