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E maker...I very much appreciate your words of
support and encouragement, I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
posted by
A_Norseman
on April 24, 2005 at 10:47 PM
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GlenB...I don't know what to tell you,
this is the only complaint I have recieved regarding my font.
posted by
A_Norseman
on April 24, 2005 at 10:46 PM
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Forgive my previous typo of your name. Typed too quick.. !
posted by
Entrepreneur_Maker
on April 24, 2005 at 8:43 PM
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A_Norseman
Thank you for this profound posting. I find much wisdom here. Words that the popular media would prefer you not say.
They want us to be "sheeple" they want us to lay in bed and die or as you say the young girl 'go ahead' and go all the way, knowing she shouldn't.
This posting is a strong message, a good message and resounds with the Heartbeat of the America I know and love.
Thank you for posting it - EMaker..
p.s. theres nothing wrong with your font... 
posted by
Entrepreneur_Maker
on April 24, 2005 at 8:42 PM
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A Norsman,
Why does your fonts extend off my monitor? You could write smaller!
posted by
Glennb
on April 24, 2005 at 8:38 PM
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I totally agree...
You expressed it very well. Courage is an important component in our every day life. I am deeply convinced ot its value:)
posted by
Marshallengraved
on April 24, 2005 at 9:19 AM
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KIPLING, TOO, SAID IT WELL: "IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL OTHERS ARE
LOSING THEIRS AND BLAMING IT ON YOU, THEN YOU WILL BE A MAN, MY SON.'
posted by
reasons
on April 24, 2005 at 7:04 AM
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Talion...
Extremely well said. The points I failed to bring out, you highlighted brilliantly, thanks.
Yes, the 911 guys, now that is an interesting point. To their countymen they were courageous heroes, to us they were demon posessed radical madmen....To them the result was positive, to us...negative. A paradox I shall have to ponder further. Thanks again.
posted by
A_Norseman
on April 23, 2005 at 11:44 PM
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A_Norseman
Popular fiction has skewed our collective vision of courage. It seems that when it's displayed, someone is left bleeding on the floor. While that's one way of looking at it, it's by no means the only way. As you stated, courage comes in forms we normally take for granted, but are just as valid and cracking skulls. This leads me to believe it's not an emotion that stands alone. It's something of a by-product of grander, broader ideals. It's not just courage that compels the single mother to persevere, but also a profound love for her children. The divorcee enters the dating arena not only out of fear of lonliness, but with the hope of finding love, etc.
However, courage, like anything else, is also open to interpretation and the definition depends on the results. We often describe the terrorist attacks on the 9-11 as "cowardly," but actually, it takes a hell of a lot of courage to aim a plane at a building and ride it out. The same can be said for the kamikaze pilots of WWII. Committing criminal acts are not for the faint of heart. Though the outcome is by no means positive, it takes a degree of courage to stick a gun in someone's face and demand money. Just as absolutely ridiculous suicide bombers and felons sounds to us, a fireman charging into a burning building for a complete stranger or a bodyguard placing his body in the path of an assassin's bullet can be equally ridiculous to others. Dying for a cause one believes in is most certainly courageous, despite the validity of the cause. Therefore, I say the essence of courage, the ability to over-ride the fight or flight response, is actually the realization that achieving a chosen goal is worth the risk.
posted by
Talion
on April 23, 2005 at 11:34 PM
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Kingmi...
Amen to that. You hit the nail on the head there, thanks.
posted by
A_Norseman
on April 23, 2005 at 11:12 PM
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Alfie, I am glad that you broached this topic. Courage is so like love. It means different things to people with different experiences, and those with the most, don't even know it!
posted by
kingmi
on April 23, 2005 at 11:11 PM
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Thank you Brimestone, I appreciate it.
posted by
A_Norseman
on April 23, 2005 at 10:30 PM
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Yes, we need - should actually feel compelled, in fact - to teach our children, as best we can, about what courage is, in its oh so many incarnations.
I feel that true courage is merely the act of standing for what one believes in, wholeheartedly, no matter what obstacles, be they concrete or complex, may lay before them.
I believe our children and THEIR children will need to use whatever courage they can muster as these crazy, challenging years go by...
Very thought provoking post, Norseman.
posted by
bwFrampton
on April 23, 2005 at 10:28 PM
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