Freedom
With today’s political and social climate, we hear a lot of talk about freedom and in many
cases the image of freedom is a misguided one proposed by those that actually wish to be
safe, rather than free.
Warriors look at freedom in a different light than those that will never have the
fortitude, the courage or the determination to be warriors, which always at some point
raises a conflict between warriors and those who only wish to be protected by warriors.
Throughout history, families, tribes, villages, and countries have sought freedom from
those that seek to control them and to various degrees many have succeeded in gaining
their freedom, only to forfeit it once again by assuming that freedom includes the freedom
to do nothing.
Warriors on the other hand understand that freedom can never be gained, earned, won or
maintained without sacrifice, so therefore freedom and sacrifice can never be truly
separated.
Non warriors presume that freedom is an entitlement and that once it is attained that it
will by its very nature preserve itself, and to those who believe this, all that is needed
to steal their freedom from them is the absence of warriors who are willing to protect
them, despite their naivety.
Because freedom does not exclude humanity from imperfection, there are certain freedoms we
will never have indefinitely, simply because (some) imperfect humans believe that the
freedom to strive includes the right of the strong to exploit and control the weak. It
often seems that the weaker members of society are willing to trade their freedoms for the
convenience of being allowed to do nothing except complain. And frequently those
complaints are about those very same warriors who are willing to make the sacrifices
needed to preserve the freedoms that the weak take for granted.
Among the many freedoms we may have, there are some freedoms we can never have, because
they are only weaknesses in the guise of freedom, so when the weaknesses are exploited,
first the image, and then the reality of freedom soon disappears.
These freedoms are among those that warriors do not believe we have a right to:
**The freedom to terrorize others just because you can.
**The freedom to claim neutrality in the face of evil, when you fully know which side is
just.
**The freedom to stand by and let others use your home, land or resources to steal away
the freedom of others while you just sit back to see who will be on the winning side.
**The freedom to sit in the stands and throw stones at those warriors who are willing to
step into the arena and then complain when some of those stones start coming back at you.
**The freedom to thrive in an unfair and unjust world; and then cry foul in the name of
“fairness” or “justice” (that you were never willing to fight for) when those things
you’ve gained are taken away from you.
In the end, there can never be freedom without warriors willing to fight for and preserve
the fruits of that freedom, whether those warriors wear the uniforms of soldiers, law
enforcement officers, nurses, priests, the expensive suits of lawyers and businessmen, or
the simple clothing of construction workers, or anyone who puts time and energy they can
never get back in the honest service of others, rather than simply for the benefit of
themselves.
Freedom will only exist as long as warriors hold two freedoms above all others:
The freedom to sacrifice everything in the service of great and noble causes for the sake
of others, and
The freedom to be both willing to live and die in the course of preserving the causes of
freedom.
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