Very well said Tom.If we return to Hemloc's original definition I'm a Warrior when called for, and a Sheep when I need to be. And I very much do consider myself a Master.
Looking back I can see why this post originally got to me. I have heard this type of talk from people here in the US who believe that the UN is going to try to take over the world, and I guess my BS meter just pegged at anger.
I never classified myself as a warrior, and probably never will. I will fight when I have to, but infinitely prefer to walk away from a conflict. I am not foolish enough to believe that violence does not solve things. As Robert Heinlein once said:There are sheep out there who would argue this point, but I know better. Any intelligent man should be able to see the imprint of violence on history and world events.Anyone who clings to the historically untrue - and thoroughly immoral - doctrine that violence never settles anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forgot this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and there freedoms.
This does not make me a sheep or a wolf. Like Tom, I am what is needed when it is needed, but am always a man and a Dom.