Posted by
Laura L. Hollis, JD on Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:46:00 PM
As I am currently reading
The Saxon Tales by Bernard Cornwell (truly excellent, by the way), I noted with interest
this article that Greg Hengler linked to in Townhall's blog.
Of particular note to me were the complaints that the elderly of Britain made about the behavior of the young people. And I thought to myself, "I know what will make the spoiled brats of western nations grow up: war, oppression and bloodshed."
In the fourth book of
The Saxon Series, called
Sword Song, the main character, Uhtred, reflects back on his life, saying
Warriors defend the home, they defend children, they defend women, they defend the harvest, and they kill the enemies who come to steal those things. Without warriors, the land would be a waste place, desolate and full of laments.
So many of Great Britain's youth, like so much of America's, are spoiled, selfish, spiritually destitute and morally flabby. They take for granted what previous generations fought and died for, and now they believe in nothing. And nothing is what they will get. Their creed is the creed of complete relativity, and yet it will fail them when they are attacked and forced at the point of a sword to decide that some ways
are better than others.
Great Britain took centuries to become civilized, and it conveyed civilization to countless others. But it will not take centuries to become a wasteland of slaves and tribes and violence. For that is man's nature and man's history, and any man who does not know that is on the path to it once again.