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Cowardly Cognitive Dissonance

Because I confront people who cut in line and do other anti-social acts, I often hear, "Mike, you're going to get shot!" My first thought is, "Why don't you think they should be worried about me?"  And yet the question itself reveals the national ethos - one of cowardice. How often have you heard a person say, after backing down from a confrontation, "You need to live to fight another day"?  There is logic to that position, and one does indeed need to know when to retreat.  Yet the warrior retreats so that he may attack when its advantageous.  "[E]ven though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but rather to retreat, thus enticing the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has come out, we may deliver our attack with advantage...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).