Who Among Men is Most Formidable?

Bonnie Gadsdsen
VERBATIM POST

That is the question that came to mind when I read Mark White's comment over at K's place. Mark believes many of us in the III Community are sissies, out of shape and old, unable to survive the modern battlefield... perhaps he speaks the truth. Many are in the waning years of life, unable to resist the decay of the body Father Time brings. But does physical strength make you the most formidable enemy?

Who among men is the greatest threat? Is it the Spartan, the life long warrior-soldier, a man in the peak of his physical self, bred and trained to excel in one task, to kill with the utmost efficiency?

If not the Spartan, maybe it is the crafty assassin? Spending his hours, months and years gaining your confidence, only to drive the knife through your spine after you have given him your full and unwavering trust?

Perhaps it is not one man, but a tight knit unit who can infiltrate, out flank and out maneuver your forces at will? A group of men capable of sowing destruction wherever they lay their sword, who then disappear, leaving only death and fear behind.

What if none of these men are the most formidable to be encountered? Perhaps that title belongs to the man who sparks the ideas, the brush fires in other men's minds. The man who hardens the resolve of great warriors who will then fight for the beliefs they hold within their hearts. This man will continue to fight and destroy you, long after you kill him, for the seed of defiance and Liberty shall not die quietly in the minds of men.

Let me remind you, even the mightiest warrior can be brought down by a mere 55 grains of lead.

What of the British thoughts on the matter during the uprising of their citizens? Who were the men most formidable to their empire?

General Gage detested two men above all others. Sam Adams and John Hancock.

June 12, 1775

With the letter came a copy of a proclamation issued by General Gage. No longer were the selectmen of any towns in the Province of Massachusetts to have anything to say. Martial law was to supersede civil authority. The provincial soldiers were rebels and traitors who must lay down their arms at once and go home, if they would hope for pardon; but there was no pardon for Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who must pay the extreme penalty of the law for inciting the people to rebel against their kind and lenient king.

Our founding fathers saw the benefit of leaving their posterity a road map, a map that leads to freedom. This map has been found by many in their writings and in our nation's founding documents. There they have hidden the seeds for men to find who seek them. I have found such a seed. Continually I water it, nurture it and watch it grow. My seed has borne fruit, it has also cast hundreds of new seeds into the wind, seeking out the fertile soil of other men's minds to embed itself within and flourish.

The men who instill defiance to tyranny in the soul of their fellow man are the greatest threat to those who seek to be masters. Sow your seeds, spark your brush fires, and you will become a larger threat than any single warrior.