I must say I am confused by Kenneth Gauck's latest post on thsi thread. the
first part almost seems to defin what I meant when I said:



yet that last line:



pretty well sums up my point as well.
I do not know who this Pierre de Vassiere is or was, but he seems to be
wanting to justify the periodic pscychotic rampages of a few effete snobs
in plate armor, with way too much time on their hands, ego in their heads,
and 1st cousins in their lineage. The code described is just the sort of
split personality thing so called "noble types" (read: "my daddy killed the
right people and kissed the right butts and yours didn't") want people to
believe makes it alright for them to go around not just killing themselves,
but starting major wars to satisfy their bloodlust.
Quite frankly, it is just they way some people played the old 1st edition
cavalier. A nice excuse to slaughter anyone and anything that looked at
them crosseyed, under the guise of "protecting their honor".
Moral question- the definiton of courage:
Is courage the absence of fear, or the act of doing what is morally right
in spite of your fear? If you are challenged to a fight, or insulted
publicly, does it take more courage to kill the person, or to walk away
with everyone calling you a coward?
Haven't there been more than enough movies for people to understand this
yet?
I believe in noble war-it's called peace.

Samwise, Teacher of the Martial Arts, and Guide in the Martial Way