[MtnClimber]

We are certainly in a cultural civil war.

[ClearCase_guy]

bfl

[Tommy Revolts]

... and those who utterly despise all of these and instead worship sloth, destruction, entitlement

Well said.

[MacNaughton]

[spankalib]

Paine wrote: “THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”

Can you imagine listening to someone who talks that way? Just remarkable.