From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-16 08:39:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-stoc.telia.net!news-stoa.telia.net!telia.net!masternews.telia.net.!newsc.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Persson?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031114 X-Accept-Language: sv, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Comparative military mythology (was: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language)) References: <7ridnSngofCUybDd4p2dnA@comcast.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:39:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.209.116.179 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com X-Trace: newsc.telia.net 1076949591 217.209.116.179 (Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:39:51 CET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:39:51 CET Organization: Telia Internet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5604 Date: 2004-02-16T16:39:51+00:00 List-Id: Ed Falis wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:53:54 GMT, Bj=F6rn Persson =20 > wrote: >=20 >> We may compare ourselves to the vikings or talk about "the language of= =20 >> glory and heroes", but that's in a joking manner. Maybe 190 years of=20 >> peace does that to a people. >> >=20 > Do you think that's a good or a bad thing? I suspect it's a mixed=20 > blessing, unless the language of glory and heroes has been sublimated t= o=20 > something else that is worthy. Perhaps demonstrating how to live=20 > civilly has some claim to heroism? Knowing the truth is important to me, so being honest to ourselves about = our history is a good thing. Excessive nationalism and glorification of=20 war are easy instruments for warmongers to play on, and I think we're=20 better off without those. --=20 Bj=F6rn Persson jor ers @sv ge. b n_p son eri nu