Yer quote o' the day...

... courtesy of John Farnam:

06Feb06 As we train beginning students in the Art of keeping and bearing arms
for serious purposes, usually for the first time in their lives, I frequently
need to be reminded that the philosophical overlay is more important than actual
psycho-motor skills. The act of bearing arms requires of the bearer a genuine,
individual commitment to personal responsibility, personal righteousness,
personal self-control, and personal nobility, virtues seldom emphasized in our
glib culture, often devoted only to shallow self-indulgence and
self-consumption. The experience is similar to going to boot camp, where all the
whinny, juvenile, selfish, childish nonsense swimming around in your head is
progressively slapped out of you; where you learn to take your responsibility to
yourself, your nation, and your family's name seriously! Bearing arms is similar
to having an advanced degree in a deadly martial art. You're safer in the
company of a martial arts master than in that of naive grasseater who couldn't
beat his way out of a paper bag. The master has the ability to cripple and/or
kill an attacker, nearly without effort, but mature judgement and a firm, moral
foundation stays his swift hand. Naive grasseaters are dupes of the false
doctrine of "learned helplessness," now considered a virtue in many segments of
our upside-down culture, particularly by autocratic politicians seeking support
from these shallow, defenseless, dependant, perpetual victims. Grasseaters will
not stand and fight! But, inside most is a warrior trying to get out. Our job is
to bring him forth, while we still can! /John

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If I can pull this part out:

The experience is similar to going to boot camp, where all the whinny,
juvenile, selfish, childish nonsense swimming around in your head is progressively slapped out of you; where you learn to take your
responsibility to yourself, your nation, and your family's name seriously!

(emphasis added)
Now that's progressive!