Courage Described
One man can spend his death in a way that can mean something.
Images have power.
This is what I’m talking about.
I never knew his name, but that wasn’t the point he wanted to make; he did something that required more courage than many can gather. This man understood when to put his life on the line.
I’ll connect his act to the Islamists. They spend a lot of time yammering about how they “love death while the weak love life”. This man loved his life, but knew when to put it at risk. This is what Islamists do not understand; one can love life and still be perfectly willing to die for what we see as greater than ourselves.
May you, and I, never have to make such a choice.
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October 9th, 2005 at 8:03 am
An indelible image to be sure, brought to song by the Hooters 1989 haunting remake (and rewrite) of Peter, Paul, and Mary’s
“500 Miles”. Definitely check this track out, off of the album Zig Zag — P,P,&M do guest vocals.
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
And the land that I once left
is not my own
Lord, I’m one, Lord, I’m two
Lord, I’m three, Lord, I’m four
Lord I’m five hundred miles
away from home
A hundred tanks along the square
One man stands and stops them there
Some day soon the tide will turn
And I’ll be free
I’ll be free, I’ll be free
I’ll come home to my country
Some day soon the tide will turn
And I’ll be free
If you miss the train I’m on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow
a hundred miles
October 25th, 2005 at 1:38 am
On Courage
Chap recently reminded me through one of his posts about this man: A very long time ago, I described him as quite possibly the bravest man that I had ever seen. I just hope that if the time ever came, that I would have the courage to do as he did….