Winning at Gulf War
Lisa Carter
zkr26 at ttacs1.ttu.edu
Sat Feb 22 09:22:13 PST 1997
> Friends, I am as patriotic as the next person, but I really think as a
> Society we have drifted offbase when we allow the small-town-football
> mentality to invade our wars. Yes, it is nice to win. Yes, it is good to
> be competitive. But when winning becomes and end-all and be-all imperative,
> tempers flare and people get hurt.
>
> Remember, we are ALL friends. The Trimaran troops are our comrades in this
> grand Dream of ours, and they want to be able to go to work come mundanity
> on Monday morning, unbroken and unbloodied.
>
> *I* think the war-cry should be "Go to Gulf Wars and Have a Great Lot of FUN
> Fighting!"
>
> Winning or losing is irrelevant. For each of our chivalrous fighters,
> PERSONAL HONOR should be what's important. Isn't that why you joined the SCA?
>
> My thoughts...
> Wassail,
> ::GUNNORA::
Well said!
Learning to Serve the Dream,
Kayleigh Drake
Baroness of Bonwicke
The Western Region of Ansteorra
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