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Molon Labe, the Code of Those Born Fighting
American Thinker ^ | Jan 30, 2013 | Russ Vaughn

Posted on 01/30/2013 7:48:09 AM PST by EXCH54FE

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1 posted on 01/30/2013 7:48:15 AM PST by EXCH54FE
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To: EXCH54FE

MOLON LABE


2 posted on 01/30/2013 7:48:56 AM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416)
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What he said...


3 posted on 01/30/2013 7:51:28 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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από τα κρύα, νεκρά μου χέρια
4 posted on 01/30/2013 7:57:01 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: EXCH54FE

Our representatives need to stop accepting the left’s “front” issues, which are simply incrementalism.

Address their end goal (total confiscation), and tell them “nuts” on any incremental steps toward that goal.


5 posted on 01/30/2013 7:59:59 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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6 posted on 01/30/2013 8:10:47 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Here once the embattled farmers stood... And fired the shot heard round the world.)
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Please describe the symbol- I hate symbols that are not clearly defined. Thanks.


7 posted on 01/30/2013 8:13:45 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: EXCH54FE

How about a saying that is less egg head and makes sense to the common man.


8 posted on 01/30/2013 8:15:27 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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I'm going to go out on a limb and take a guess that it means/has something to do with Molon Labe.
9 posted on 01/30/2013 8:20:47 AM PST by Jane Long
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To: mountainlion

We already have one, from 1776 and from 1835: Come and Take It.


10 posted on 01/30/2013 8:20:51 AM PST by norton
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To: mountainlion

Educate the common man if we can.

In matters of style, swim with the current;
In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

Come and take it if you can!!
MOLON LABE


11 posted on 01/30/2013 8:22:12 AM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416)
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I looked that up the first time someone posted it. Been thinking recently. Maybe I should have use some spare time, however small that time is, to learn Latin. Something to keep my mind learning and a break for what we are preparing for. Here is a website I found with what appears to add on to the meaning you posted.

http://thefiringline.com/HCI/molon_labe.htm


12 posted on 01/30/2013 8:22:30 AM PST by Capt.Michaels (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Manly Warrior

Google Generation Identitaire


13 posted on 01/30/2013 8:23:39 AM PST by chrisser (Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
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To: norton
How about some simple like “live free or die”,
Don't tread on me, Take freedom back...

I don't like the invitation to come and get me I like I will take my stuff back.

14 posted on 01/30/2013 8:26:53 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

What is that thing?


15 posted on 01/30/2013 8:28:29 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Capt.Michaels
YES, I love your web site. Yes learn Latin, Greek, spanish,
Take a trip. Live, Live today for tomorrow may never come.
But when they come for your Guns, fight like Hell and NEVER give in or give up.

In matters of style, swim with the current;
In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

Come and take them if you can!!
MOLON LABE

16 posted on 01/30/2013 8:34:29 AM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416)
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To: Capt.Michaels
The phrase is Greek, not Latin.

Molon (accent on the last syllable) is a participle ("coming"), from the verb blosko meaning "to go," or "to come."

Labe (accent on the "e") is an imperative, "take!"

The ancient pronunciation of the "b" (beta) would have been like English "b," not "v" (as in the Modern Greek pronunciation of beta).

So literally, "coming, take!" but in better English "come and take them!"

17 posted on 01/30/2013 8:41:36 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: mountainlion

The symbol for Christians in battle. The shields in the movie 300 had them.


18 posted on 01/30/2013 8:42:13 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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https://www.google.com/search?q=spartans+shield&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=_EsJUemyJcKligKi3oGoBg&biw=864&bih=602&sei=AEwJUdqnCumsiALOwYCABQ


19 posted on 01/30/2013 8:43:34 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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To: US_MilitaryRules
The symbol for Christians in battle.

I did not know that. I had many in the big red cross of the Crusaders in my family. That is the first time in a long time that I went to Google.

20 posted on 01/30/2013 8:49:50 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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