Originally Posted by
Dubanka
the basic tenets of society since the dawn of recorded history apply.
If you can't protect it, don't build it, lest it be taken away
If you can't protect yourself, join with someone stronger that can
In the end, ideals and ideology are only as strong as the sword that protects them
hoping and praying that the big bad wolf outside your door will go away, is highly unlikely to motivate said wolf to go in search of another meal. Solution: shove a spear down his throat, make a coat, a hat, AND get a big pot of wolf stew for supper.