RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on?
March 13, 2013 at 10:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2013 at 10:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't personally demand any such reading. I can very easily allow for a symbolic or metaphoric interpretation of the entire bit. Try this on for size. It is an in depth exploration of how power corrupts, and an example of right action by repeatedly demonstrating wrong action, symbolic of everything petty and vicious about us. This, of course, on top of the absurd literal reading. An attempt to redeem the narrative by making it "less real", more rooted in symbolism, for example, is even more harmful than a literal reading. I can root for the villain in a piece of fiction, I really can, but only to a point.
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!
