From The Other McCain we get a life lesson. Sports, Politics and War: Morale Matters
One is reminded of the old adage that England’s wars were won on the playing fields of Eton, by which it was meant that the education system of British leadership caste was such as to instill in young men the attitudes necessary to victory. The old “stiff upper lip” disposition of British officers, the quality of calm amid crisis, the dogged persistence in the face of daunting odds and discouraging setbacks — “the playing fields of Eton” taught those qualities, somehow. If there is any cause to be pessimistic about America’s future, certainly the state of our education system is at the top of the list, because there is no effort to create leadership of that character.
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Gen Z gets bent out of shape if they hear an opinion that they disagree with. They will be in no state to fend off the 21st Century version of the Sack of Rome.
Don't play into their hand. They feign offense as a cudgel. To get you to submit to them.
ReplyDeleteEvery disclaimer, every "The following may offend some readers", is tacit submission. Don't. Just dive right in, let the reader decide for themselves.
Of course, the purpose is not to offend, because civility dictates that. But if offense should happen, so be it. Do not apologize aforehand. Do not submit, especially to the weak.
Do not construe what I have written as being uncaring for my fellow man or tender to the needy. That is wholely a separate matter.
We are in the midst of a cultural war. Be bold lest inch by inch we fold.
I found that quote I thought pertinent to this post.
ReplyDelete"A public school system, if it means the providing of free education for those who desire it, is a noteworthy and beneficent achievement of modern times; but when once it becomes monopolistic it is the most perfect instrument for tyranny which has yet been devised.
Freedom of thought in the middle ages was corrupted by the Inquisition, but the modern method is far more effective."
John Gresham Machen
1923