Anger is a legitimate emotion in the face of injustice. Passive acceptance of evil is not a virtue.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
You can tell a dictator by the number of his medals (all won on battlefields of course)
Colonel Qaddaffi, the Libyan leader, watches a military parade in Tripoli to celebrate his 40 years as "Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution" TimesOnline 'Pictures of the Year'
Are they any different from the ruling caste of any other region? I reckon these are what I call 'swaps'. The Sultan of Anandistan meets the President-for-life of Fantasia; one receives the Order of the Fecund She-Camel and the other is awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Parasites. The British royal family is covered in this stuff. You should see our beloved Prince of Wales shambling around in one of his collection of uniforms, and the only gunfire he's heard is when he's massacring grouse on Scottish moorland.
<span>You should see our beloved Prince of Wales shambling around in one of his collection of uniforms, and the only gunfire he's heard is when he's massacring grouse on Scottish moorland</span>
If I might so bold to mention, except in self-defense, anyone who walks around brandishing metals is a blowhard. Especially, as in the escapades after WW2, in exercises of atrocities in other countries, in battle, they have "earned" those metals by military recognition. "Here is my metal for killing innocent women and children - and here is my metal for invading an almost defenseless country - and here is my metal for saving the lives of my buddies that just burned down an entire village."
that reminds me of Ramesses II and the Hittite king, both lost in a long war followed by an agreement to cease fire, but both claimed they won the war and brought glory, used this delusive victory by mass media (paintings everywhere) to suppress their peoples.
I am sorry, but when you look at this guy and the rest of the leaders in the region, it really is pathetic.
ReplyDeleteAre they any different from the ruling caste of any other region? I reckon these are what I call 'swaps'. The Sultan of Anandistan meets the President-for-life of Fantasia; one receives the Order of the Fecund She-Camel and the other is awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Parasites. The British royal family is covered in this stuff. You should see our beloved Prince of Wales shambling around in one of his collection of uniforms, and the only gunfire he's heard is when he's massacring grouse on Scottish moorland.
ReplyDelete<span>You should see our beloved Prince of Wales shambling around in one of his collection of uniforms, and the only gunfire he's heard is when he's massacring grouse on Scottish moorland</span>
ReplyDelete:-D Now that's a good one!
Thanks, vza, but I have to correct my statement. I just remembered, someone once fired a starting pistol in his vicinity in Australia once.
ReplyDeleteIf I might so bold to mention, except in self-defense, anyone who walks around brandishing metals is a blowhard. Especially, as in the escapades after WW2, in exercises of atrocities in other countries, in battle, they have "earned" those metals by military recognition. "Here is my metal for killing innocent women and children - and here is my metal for invading an almost defenseless country - and here is my metal for saving the lives of my buddies that just burned down an entire village."
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ReplyDeletethat reminds me of Ramesses II and the Hittite king, both lost in a long war followed by an agreement to cease fire, but both claimed they won the war and brought glory, used this delusive victory by mass media (paintings everywhere) to suppress their peoples.
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