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[Konorg]

Is life without Adventure worth it really?Think of it,theres no more none contrived wars to be fought ,the last part of the 20th century has seen the rise of the contrived war based solely on what the politicians,and the big buiness men can make of it,there's no new continents to discover,we don't have to worry about fending off a sabertooth,wolf or bear nor raiders when we walk out the front door.

All life today offers is more of the same hum drum and a dull drone like existance,that saps the life out of the bones of even the bravest and strongest of men and women.

So is life without adventure worth it in the long run?

Edited by Konorg, 10 June 2011 - 01:09 AM.

[Tex]

We will go out and find more and more adventures. We will swagger and swash-buckle and laugh at the half-hearted. We will boast and sing and throw our weight about. We will put the paltry little things to derision, and dare to be angry about the things that are truly evil. And we shall refuse to grow old.

Being wise, we shall not rail against the days into which we have been born. We shall see stumbling blocks, but we shall find them dragons meat for our steel. And we shall not mourn the trappings and accouterments of fancy dress. What have they to do with us? Men wore cloaks and ruffles because they were the fashionable things to wear; but it was the way they wore them. Men rode horses because they had nothing else to ride; but it was the way they rode. Men fought with swords because they knew no better weapons; but it was the way they fought. So it shall be with us.

We shall learn that romance lies not in the things we do, but in the way we do them. We shall discover that catching a bus can be of no less adventure than capturing a galleon, and that if a man loves a lady he need not weep because the pillion of his motor-cycle is not the saddle bow of an Arab steed. We shall find that love and hate can still be more than empty words. We shall speak with fire in our eyes and in our voices; and which of us will care whether we are discussing the destiny of nations or the destination of the Ashes? For we shall know that nothing else counts beside the vision.

Hasta la vista, compañeros valientes! Y vayan con Dios!

Leslie Charteris
preface to The Saint vs. Scotland Yard (aka The Holy Terror,) 1932

Two-Gun Bob works for me as well.

Tex
(who has held those words to be true since 7912.21, when he first met The Saint)

[Fierro]

Man! How much do I love that quote, Tex. Thanks!

[Mikey_C]

Adventure is what you make it, I guess. I think the human race is going to encounter massive crises this century with environmental destruction and wars over remaining resources. To be honest, I would rather live without that sort of adventure. Give me the type I can enjoy with my feet up and a bottle of beer to hand!

[Kortoso]

Since we're developing a quote-fest here. Thought I'd add this:

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

[Kortoso]

I remember when I wanted to join the National Guard. Some friends who had been in the Navy showed me their Cruise Book (like a school Year Book but it's about their ship's mission to foreign lands). When I saw pictures of the exotic foreign ports and the lovely ladies they met on the way, I was sold. I went to my recruiter and said I wanted to join the Navy instead of the Guard.

Months later, I was on a warship in Hawaii, headed for parts unknown.

It starts with a decision and is followed with action. I'd advise more doing than thinking, otherwise you'll talk yourself out of it.

[daniel]

i adhere to the statement by ***.k. chesterton :" if you look at something 999 times, at the 1000'th time you may see something entirely different". that goes for life itself.

no human life is without struggle and desire. the question is which struggles and desires, and when in history do they appear. the contrieved wars mentioned here are a worthy goal, inasmuch that the ethical thing to do is to expose their causes and denounce their leaders.

as for mammoths, sabertooths, etc: i am quite certain, that should members of this forum discover a colony of sabertooths anywhere, they would seek to ensure their survival rather than ritually hunting them. why? because they are rare. their ancestors have lost the battle against humanity, and humanity can afford to be generous.

if anything, the day and age we live in has a much better chance to allow some degree of heroism to all who desire it, if we remember that heroism is largely knowing why and when to go into battle.

(reply restored to it's original form)

Edited by daniel, 10 June 2011 - 10:50 PM.

[Fierro]

I just took a long lunch, grabbed the rifle and hit the woods for a little "free running" and shooting (all part of that whipping my weight in wildcats thing Konorg).

Not adventure, per se — nobody was chasing me — but it scratched the itch. I try to get a little of that kind of thing in every day to avoid that melancholy sense that all the color has gone out of the world. Careful with that. It did REH in.

[Kortoso]

What sort of adventure have you been whipping up, Konorg?

[Landsknecht]

If you want adventure come visit. You can do some of the things that I do not seem to have time to do.

http://survival.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2011/05/experts-warn-grizzly-bear-attacks-will-increase





There is always adventure it is just not always based on wise decisions.