Konichiwaneko

"You can be a good man"

You have choice in that one line. THe person given the oppurtunity can choose to use what was given to him to be a person of a great caliber.

I didn't mean it to say "If you have the power, you will be a good person".

I see your point though, just wanted to tell you why I wrote that line.

Choice is what defines our life, if I was given the power of my land I can choice either to do good or bad, my actions would reflect into history books.





Concerning Idolization of War Figures, I believe a majority of it is because they excelled under conflict. War Figures tend to lay a more audible and visual foundation to our civilization. Throughout our history most of our civilization had it's peak when a former General or military person took an action or took control.

The founding of our country, the roman empire.

In the past through war we laid the foundation to our society, and then we let politics and civilians nuture and fertilize our ideals.

Now that war has merged more into a capatilistic battle field where the betterment of our society is not how much land we claim and people we rule, that's finite, but technology and innovation. Companies are battling each other to evolve humanity.

I think some of you would severly disagree with me, because it's a matter of point of view, but the healthiest thing about war is it allows us to be put in a situation far beyond what we consider normal and in that you have innovations and thought ideas that spawn from that which would of either gone stagnent or laid dorment for who knows how long.

I honestly believe, war is a catalyst for human thought and action, and that's why the idolization of War Figurines (Even if they are haunted by ghost, or just damn bad people in general) are on the top.

Maybe in 50 years, people would say things like bill gates, because the newspapers now show a person that was dislikable, but the history books in the future, with only their summaries will show a person more palatable and lacking those negative traits against them.



I've found this tread very interesting though seeing everyone people listed. Like I agree with Secret Method, I like MLK jr., but I think also he was a womanizer and he had affairs (from what I remember Neal Boortz saying), which are traits that disgust some people. The overall person, I cannot judge his personal affairs, I thought was a good person. Also I loved Bill Clinton, his charisma was wonderful and he was articulate...but he's political view points differ from me and he was a cheater. You don't have to be ghandi to be loved.

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