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Civility
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RE: Civility
Horrible extremists do post here, Bel..they're just the types of horrible extremists we're all used to.  The kind you have to be civil around.  

I was speaking to the more general case of civility, though.  While we usually conceive of it as being something, for lack of a better word..utterly wholesome, a more careful reading of what it is and what it has been, in the majority, used to effect..might suggest otherwise.
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!
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Civility - by Belacqua - November 17, 2018 at 9:47 pm
RE: Civility - by Catholic_Lady - November 17, 2018 at 10:53 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 6:02 am
RE: Civility - by Whateverist - November 18, 2018 at 8:58 am
RE: Civility - by Whateverist - November 17, 2018 at 11:06 pm
RE: Civility - by John V - November 18, 2018 at 6:47 am
RE: Civility - by A Theist - November 18, 2018 at 6:33 pm
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 18, 2018 at 11:40 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 12:23 am
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 19, 2018 at 12:36 am
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 12:52 am
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 19, 2018 at 1:23 am
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 6:57 am
RE: Civility - by Angrboda - November 19, 2018 at 9:10 am
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 7:12 pm
RE: Civility - by Neo-Scholastic - November 19, 2018 at 9:44 am
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 6:37 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 7:14 pm
RE: Civility - by RoadRunner79 - November 18, 2018 at 7:31 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: Civility - by RoadRunner79 - November 18, 2018 at 7:39 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 7:52 pm
RE: Civility - by Catholic_Lady - November 18, 2018 at 8:49 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 9:38 pm
RE: Civility - by Angrboda - November 18, 2018 at 11:06 pm
RE: Civility - by Shell B - November 19, 2018 at 9:00 am
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 9:55 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 10:16 pm
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 10:19 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 11:02 pm
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 18, 2018 at 11:22 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 18, 2018 at 11:24 pm
RE: Civility - by RoadRunner79 - November 18, 2018 at 11:29 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 12:15 am
RE: Civility - by SteelCurtain - November 19, 2018 at 12:21 am
RE: Civility - by Angrboda - November 19, 2018 at 12:45 am
RE: Civility - by tackattack - November 19, 2018 at 12:57 am
RE: Civility - by Grandizer - November 19, 2018 at 1:16 am
RE: Civility - by paulpablo - November 19, 2018 at 3:46 am
RE: Civility - by Brian37 - November 19, 2018 at 10:24 am
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 19, 2018 at 7:19 pm
RE: Civility - by ignoramus - November 19, 2018 at 8:01 pm
RE: Civility - by possibletarian - November 19, 2018 at 8:43 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 19, 2018 at 8:55 pm
RE: Civility - by Fireball - November 19, 2018 at 9:43 pm
RE: Civility - by Belacqua - November 20, 2018 at 8:44 am
RE: Civility - by Neo-Scholastic - November 19, 2018 at 8:56 pm
RE: Civility - by ignoramus - November 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm
RE: Civility - by The Grand Nudger - November 19, 2018 at 9:24 pm

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