In a conversation last night I heard: "The guy proposed for the Secretary of Defense is simply unqualified."
Before others could start arguing I said, "If you live in a country that has a Secretary of Defense you probably live in the wrong Country."
The implication is that you must expend time, energy, money, etc. to live in a society and you needed to 'defend' that society by having the means to do so. The implications are extreme: We will kill to the end. We will commit, to the end. Morality, religion, law, faith in mankind simply doesn't exist. "Survival of the fittest", Our society will kill 'til the end to remain 'Our Society'. And that that philosophy, that support of a Nation that HAS an office with the name 'Secretary of Defense' shall not perish from the Earth' and that it is the open demonstration that our lives are more valuable than everybody else's. That we will not go gently into the concentration camp, nor will our fellow citizens. Further, without current evidence, but only on the basis of our history and civilization we know there are those nation states that can, will, and do prepare for war against us. They too have a Secretary of Defense. Therein lies "Absurdity", "Tragedy", Fear, and total distrust of all the "Others", mostly the other men and women. The only thing we have to fear is human nature, and gee, we represent all of it, we are all of it. "Good night sweet Prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
