And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tribal people I have lived with*, have that warped sense of humor, and laugh their asses off if a member of their clan makes a mistake, the howls of laughter are infectious. Life is a random struggle and the humor reflects that. *The Tiwi (tee wee) people who live on two Islands off the North coast of Australia. Bathurst and Melville Islands are wholly owned by the Tiwi People. I wish I had been more perceptive while I was there.
It isn't just "tribal people"- when I was in Basic Training for USAF, the drill instructor did just that when I came up to cross the mud bog on a rope.
Everybody thought it was hilarious, with one exception. That would be me!
"The agony of defeat"
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ReplyDeleteTribal people I have lived with*, have that warped sense of humor, and laugh their asses off if a member of their clan makes a mistake, the howls of laughter are infectious. Life is a random struggle and the humor reflects that.
ReplyDelete*The Tiwi (tee wee) people who live on two Islands off the North coast of Australia. Bathurst and Melville Islands are wholly owned by the Tiwi People. I wish I had been more perceptive while I was there.
It isn't just "tribal people"- when I was in Basic Training for USAF, the drill instructor did just that when I came up to cross the mud bog on a rope.
DeleteEverybody thought it was hilarious, with one exception. That would be me!