We see war story’s of a military weapon stuck in the ground and a hermit placed the the rifle. Why? One it marks a passed warrior. But this tradition foots back to ancient times of warriors demonstrating their peaceful intentions by resting the point of their weapons on the ground. So by making a solder’s weapon useless, it shows that he has come in peace and this has not changed as warfare changed over the centuries.
I struggled mightily to understand just what that meant. Then I got it. It’s supposed to be ‘helmet”, not “hermit’.
But rest assured that I have made even worse mistakes. I always blame those typos on Russian hackers. Those Rooskies are always up to no good.
