Philosophy 101 from the Guy in the Next Foxhole

October 22, 2007

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What five things can't you live without? Don't rack your brain, it's a rhetorical question.

Would you believe that five years ago there was a TV show that asked that same question? Would you believe that someone actually listed "my cell phone"? I couldn't either, and that was BEFORE everything went to hell in a handbasket.

You see what I'm getting at, right? We, as a species have forgotten why we live. To hell with "why we fight"... that's an easy one. We fight to survive. Like we did millions of years ago when the first hairy ape killed a damn mammoth with a pointy stick. Between then and now we've become complacent and a little insane. Those crusties have given us the reason. Deep in our little simian souls we want to fight. Why do you think we've killed so many of our SELVES over the years? We're hard-wired to think that fighting equals survival.

See that's why I'm not real worried about humanity. Sure there are some dark times. Recently they've been really friggin dark times. If you're new to this war, you're gonna go nuts worrying about everything and everyone. You gotta get harder. I ain't saying don't care about your brothers in arms, cause they're what keep you alive out here. I AM saying stay frosty. When it hits the fan, don't think about dyin', think about how many crusties you're gonna take down before you get 'ported back to the field hospital. Hell, with this new logos medtech the only thing that'll kill ya for good is probably gonna do it quick.

I guess my point is that we're finally using all that innate survival instinct for what it was meant for. SURVIVAL! Next time you squeeze that trigger, forget about fear and live in the moment. Concentrate on doing your job as damn well as you can. It's the only thing that'll keep you from eating your gun when you hit the sack at night. Or when you're stuck in a foxhole on guard duty, for that matter. Now eyes front, soldier... we've got work to do.

-Sapper Cal Dayton