Saturday, May 13, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.1.3

1c. Conflicts settled by machines requires no honor; hence it largely disappears in modern practice. Enemies have become things. Defeated standards are no longer hung in victory, rather vilified in perpetuity as something less than human. Their eyes are never seen. Senseless destruction, collateral or otherwise, has led to a mass psychological distortion by failures with respect to coping. Fighting is regarded as akin to abuse and murder by the multitude. In and of itself, this state is not necessarily bad. If conflict were forever ended, such thinking might be an indication of beneficial cultural evolution. Unfortunately, when living vicariously, the herd mentality may only sink. Spawned by error, the resultant events are too easily exploited to Maximum Advantage in all Things. Indeed, all are seized.

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