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Entry: Generation 911 Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/generation_911#4762 Post contents: PS, to my - and our - friend Mr Nucci, who wrote, "To Mr. Ball, that you have consistently opposed wars and suffered for it is indeed commendable. I just find it confusing that you feel the need to attack people who for the most part agree with you" With some reservations I accept that reproach. I'm a romantic idealist disciple of Oriental AND European martial arts and ideals - like our host Taki - and so, I fight for and defend anything and everything which I consider to be a matter of Honour, just like Taki does. Mr Nucci, please understand, that my fighting against some things you say, does NOT mean that I do not respect you. I have lived in China for many years, and like our host, Taki, I know how to fight while respecting my opponents. That is the way of "Bushido" - the name of our host Taki's boat. So, now I bow respectfully to M. Nucci, and to all of my occasional adversaries here on Taki's "Bushido" blog. Our ideal here is - or OUGHT to be - that we can fight among each other fiercely, and yet respect each other. THAT is the way of Bushido, and of Taki, and of me too after many years in China. As Bruce Lee said in "Enter the Dragon" (and I KNOW Taki knows that very FUN movie! :-), Bruce Lee's teacher asked him: "How will you fight your enemy?" And Bruce Lee replied, "I have no enemy, because "I" do not exist!" (Our Christian St Paul would agree with this!: "There is nothing but Christ in me" and no enemies can ever defeat Christ...... ;-) :- Sent at: 2008 12 02