tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post1311359944645292283..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Hubris and Obscenity - "Your King and Your God!"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-54491010261251626462013-07-25T16:27:51.626-04:002013-07-25T16:27:51.626-04:00As a boy I was quiet, a book worm. I tended to ke...As a boy I was quiet, a book worm. I tended to keep my own company and stay out of people's way. And yet I found myself in three fights. In one, I protected a mentally challenged boy from a bully. In another, I fought a boy who said not nice things about my girlfriend. Finally I resisted an older boy's attempt to take my place in a lunch line. In all three, I probably "lost"-- insofar as I tool more hits than gave 'em. But I never left the field of battle and I wasn't ever bothered by the other boy again. Later in life I saw a man belting a woman in public-- a younger stronger man and both the man and woman were clearly out of their minds on booze or drugs. A group of men were watching them silently, even as the woman's head was being knocked into the ground. I stepped in between them and managed to get the man to back off, despite my wife and daughter's horror. Though I saw the man many times later, he never bothered me. Note: I am not particularly 'fit' or physically imposing. I have achieved a lot of things in life, but those moments are amongst the proudest.<br /><br />They also taught me this: character is everything. With it, you have immense power. Without it, you have a meaningless life and nothing.<br /><br />Thank you for your continued work. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com