RE: Argument from "better to seek proper vision".
October 24, 2017 at 10:45 am
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2017 at 10:50 am by The Grand Nudger.)
You're coming at it from the wrong angle Em. The point of these "arguments" is a show of religious devotion. They're mantras..not meant to argue a position; but to reenforce an existing belief through recitation and response. That's why they contain mystical language, and also why they so often drift into admonishions towards doubt and questions of the motives or nature of any criticism.
It's meant to set up a religious melodrama with dogmatically proscribed boundaries as self fulfilling prophecy, and in so doing further convince the already convinced.
It's meant to set up a religious melodrama with dogmatically proscribed boundaries as self fulfilling prophecy, and in so doing further convince the already convinced.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
