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Blah Blah Blah Montesquieu in his spirits of laws that inspired Madison Roland00 Send a noteboard - 15/09/2021 03:51:56 AM

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Martin’s writing revolved around how power without honor was flawed and eventually doomed. The stupid show runners missed that.

wrote about “the love of virtue” but also “the love of honor“, per Montesquieu and also George RR Martin they are not always the same thing and sometimes when you pursue either you are damned, there is no preordained best option you should always follow like this is a game of calculation.

Ned pursued honor and literally a million people died in the War of the Five Kings. Will speaking the magic word “the word of honor” awaken the Angel of History and revived the Dead?

The answer is no, but that is also a fictional world, we are dealing with the real world and real stakes. Is Stanislav Petrov a traitor, or is he our world’s Jamie Lannister? Traitor and all that are words, they are all made up. Life’s feel like a more important thing to me in this impermanent firmament.

Everything is doomed in the end.

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Umm, isn't this treason? damookster - 14/09/2021 09:40:01 PM 601 Views
Lots of things are treason Roland00 - 14/09/2021 10:16:56 PM 323 Views
Sidenote how many books has Woodward done this in by now? It is Farcical in its own way. *NM* Roland00 - 14/09/2021 10:17:45 PM 148 Views
Lots of things might be treason damookster - 14/09/2021 10:42:11 PM 318 Views
I am not disagreeing, it is treachery and it would be treason if someone acted Roland00 - 14/09/2021 11:04:17 PM 286 Views
I also am not disagreeing. damookster - 14/09/2021 11:14:49 PM 251 Views
Dan FUCKING Quayle! Roland00 - 14/09/2021 11:17:34 PM 235 Views
I'm having shrimp with chili and lime sauce over rice. damookster - 14/09/2021 11:25:57 PM 283 Views
Most pastas are bad for me *NM* Roland00 - 14/09/2021 11:49:37 PM 171 Views
Gluten free? damookster - 15/09/2021 03:12:45 AM 271 Views
sigh none of that in the house, way too much rise though *NM* Roland00 - 15/09/2021 03:52:34 AM 160 Views
If there's one thing we've learned these last few years... Legolas - 24/09/2021 01:25:44 PM 254 Views
Yes. And also, morally correct fionwe1987 - 14/09/2021 10:55:26 PM 309 Views
Morally correct would have been going public with invoking the 25th Amendment damookster - 14/09/2021 11:08:45 PM 286 Views
Right, because that was going to actually make any kind of difference. fionwe1987 - 15/09/2021 01:06:38 AM 284 Views
I disagree but acknowledge you have a valid opinion. damookster - 15/09/2021 02:03:23 AM 235 Views
Thank you for your valid opinion Ned Stark Roland00 - 15/09/2021 02:55:24 AM 293 Views
I view that as a compliment. damookster - 15/09/2021 03:10:54 AM 287 Views
Blah Blah Blah Montesquieu in his spirits of laws that inspired Madison Roland00 - 15/09/2021 03:51:56 AM 311 Views
Obviously history is written by the winners. damookster - 15/09/2021 04:34:39 AM 280 Views
I dunno if we're disagreeing, so much as talking about different things fionwe1987 - 15/09/2021 03:09:03 PM 284 Views
I'd certainly think "countermanding the CiC and giving top secret intel" would count as treason. TyrReborn - 15/09/2021 09:36:49 PM 287 Views
Who started the conversation seeing this as a civilizational struggle? *NM* Roland00 - 15/09/2021 09:52:25 PM 117 Views
"...only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid & Comfort" Cannoli - 16/09/2021 04:38:41 AM 307 Views
agreed damookster - 16/09/2021 03:17:29 PM 294 Views
Just a reminder for I am an asshole Roland00 - 16/09/2021 06:07:24 PM 243 Views
Yes. *NM* aerocontrols - 16/09/2021 03:20:12 PM 110 Views
I changed my mind. aerocontrols - 16/09/2021 06:26:25 PM 226 Views
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