"I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”

That is a quote from Ghengis Khan.

I do not believe in the concept of Proportional Response in existential matters.

If you threaten me, I'm coming at you with everything I've got. That is especially true if we have had a truce (or more than one) and you continue to break them for your own personal gain.

I have been calling this a "Community" for quite a while now. It was pointed out that I should challenge that preconception recently, and I have done so. The person who challenged my paradigm was correct. We are not a community, and not simply because certain people work diligently to destroy cohesion.

Of all the people who read III blogs and columns, how many will you be able to stand with, shoulder-to-shoulder, when SHTF? The few thousand of us are spread far and wide. Yes, a few are close enough that they may be able to cover one another's backs. And a very small minority has taken the time and effort to meet at PatComs. But even then, many of the folks in attendance had to travel significant distances just to meet their fellow Patriots.

When SHTF you are going to be alone, except for perhaps, a few people who live in your home or immediate AO. How many is that in your case? Probably, not enough.

I will continue to use the word "community", but only as a tool of language for convenience.

We are alone, folks. Most of us have only the people in our homes for support when it gets real. You may be able to cobble a makeshift Tribe with a few of your neighbors in an emergency, but do not expect them to be trained, or armed, or even stocked with food.

I do have something for you to consider as you digest the above truth. It comes from a lifetime of study in the arts of violence.

When it is you or him...make sure it is him.

When it is you or them...do anything you have to do to make certain it is them.

When someone intends to kill you or deprive you of your innate Natural Rights...

...when you are wronged and the person who wrongs you simply will not permit you the ability to walk away, when he won't quit, I offer you another quote from one of the world's most successful conquerors: “The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.”

There is a time and a place to be ruthless. No Just God will condemn you, and the Laws of Nature will not care who wins, either way.

It is up to you to recognize when you must set aside the facade of civility and win.

And, you will not have the luxury of a "community".

You will be alone.

I hope to meet you in Alabama in October.

Kerodin
III