Guys, Warrior Lifestyle?

[Anonymous]

Guys, what you think of the warrior lifestyle that some rare people can live by daily and as well as stoicism? Curious to hear your opinions. ("Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times.")

Do you think it would help you avoid the toxic life style of our society? As well as avoiding the never ending clash of politics, and all other things that just create more drama?

[NamerOfStars]

I don't favor dodging the awful aspects of modern society by diving into the awful aspects of society circa 1840. BC. You've heard, no doubt, the saying "the only thing that can stop a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun"? It's not true- even a rudimentary glance at history shows that most of the time, what stops a bad man with a gun is another bad man with a gun.

And what are you to make of the Mongols? The "build a mountain of skulls" approach to civic management was hardly pleasant, but the "I don't care what your religion or race is, so long as you pay your taxes and don't cause trouble" part made a lot of the people under their rule better off than they'd been before. Those strong men made times better by killing off the strong men who opposed them. And that's usually the way it goes. Remove the powerful opposition and the conflict ceases- why not avoid it altogether?

[Asker]

I disagree because there are a lot of gun owners out there who keep practicing and retaining the training they received I am sure a good gun owner would also stop a bad guy with a gun its as any good Samaritan would want to do even if its a life or death incident.

[Asker]

About the Mongols, well medieval times were bloody and ruled by leaders of different oppositions. But wasn't European warriors similar even if they had the code of Chivalry. I guess humans in general are not able to avoid conflict.

[NamerOfStars]

Oh, I don't doubt that a good man with a gun CAN stop a bad man with one, and that it indeed happens; not knocking guns here, but the idea that force and violence is always, or even frequently, the best solution. One can train and prepare for violence and never need it, and I don't doubt the importance of deterrence. But focusing on it will make it a go-to solution, and more the more you do it.

[NathanDavis]

yeah, it's good... but you have to wake up quite early, because all those monk retreats monasteries are not going to raid and pillage themselves... but such is life, the life of the warrior

[Asker]

I dont know why you only thought of monks but personally i wouldn't want to fuck with a shaolin monk who practices martial arts daily but my question could even relate to people who are modern warriors who know who they are, can improve a skill with the right knowledge motivation.

[NathanDavis]

I did not, only, thought of monks... they just happened to be next in the path of our raid/pillage journey, it was a coincidence... and these were European not Shaolin ones. Although I would not fear martial arts, as there is spear and arrow to deal with and still prevail or we would not be warriors at all.

And we're modern as well, we have bluetooth.

[Asker]

Ah my bad hmm i think European monks had some sort of battle training by knights incase they were attacked of bandits or I am speaking nonsense. Bluetooth.. Well yeah it is modern

[NathanDavis]

yeah... monks, knights, and others... you'll can be trained more or less

but we're born for madness... and that we shall bring