Is the language in a dialect different than
your own speaking of courage and honour
debased and corrupted or is it authentic to
an era of Medieval thought and practise and
your own a mere pretender? Those societies
comprised of tribal, cultural, sectarian values
for whom courage is conflated with the will
and the intent of vengeance over an ancient
lost battle to embark on a mission of slaughter
to 'correct' history, honour restored through
the satisfaction of blood-letting heralding
great celebrations in the re-arrangement of
historical antecedents cannot be compatible
with societies that long since moved on from
brutalism to agreement in the quality of altruism
performing deeds uplifting the social order in
an orderly, civil, socially-mandated manner
improving quality of life for all, as a requisite
to good citizenship. But just as rot in one area
of the social weal will inevitably creep into
the wider spectrum of society where civility
and care for the well-being of all that comprise
that society, the old adage of wine and water
brings proportionality and moderation, the
Medieval urge to exact revenge to restore
honour seeps its way infecting the social order
when societies advanced in human rights open
their borders to any who have failed to move
on from base tribal and religious beliefs in the
sacred nature of a god promoting division and
violence until all are consumed with toxic vitriol.
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