Azelma wrote:
I guess I interpret a bandwagoner as someone who just wants to enjoy the glory but doesn't truly care about the team.
Well let me ask you: do you draw a distinction between bandwagoners who earn their glory and those who don't? e.g., Napoleon
Usdk wrote:
I don't consider it manly to go get killed in a conflict where 1) you have no business being, and 2) you have no interest in being there.
Ghetto crime?
Usdk wrote:
If he truly believed in the rebels cause he would have been there before they'd already booted gadafi out of his stronghold and took over most of the country.
So, you're saying that his having the balls to get out there and face death isn't enough, he has to be a one-man army.
What you're doing is insisting on an unreal standard met by only your own unreal fantasies because you wish to deny real courage that exceeds your own real abilities.
Quote:
"Most...tell us that it is well that a speech should be delivered at the burial of those who fall in battle...it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth...he who is a stranger to the matter may be led by envy to suspect exaggeration if he hears anything above his own nature.
For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity..."