Are you a Barbarian?
It’s easy for me to outline what the Modern Barbarian really is, but the question remains, are you one of us? Are you one of the Brothers or Sisters of Iron and Stone?
At the end of the day, the decision has to rest on you. That is, of course, unless you’re one of ours who has no decision to make at all.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” — Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian, but this quote from him may be my most favorite thing from him.
You see, he’s right.
Take a look around you for a moment. The world is filled with people being discourteous to others for any number of reasons. Just yesterday I watched a video of a student group being besieged for an hour by their political opponents, belittled and accused, told they don’t belong in their college because they’re not liberals.
The whole thing wasn’t a pleasant experience for those surrounded, I’m sure, but what if there had been repercussions for that act? What if these special snowflakes had been forced to deal with real violence for their discourteous behavior? What would they have done then? Continue reading “On Civilized Men And Ruthless Savages”