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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Milena Velba E Miosotis
The (second? Third?) Oldest profession in the world
The job title of most 'of the ancient world - not considering the activities of bare subsistence - where the contend for the priest, the soldier and the whore. Activities also closely linked on many levels. To date, of priests, including the fortunes of different religions, the world is full of whores same, and even soldiers. The latter, however, 'do not enjoy good press these days, much less enjoy its mercenary soldiers - then it seems to me an unnecessary pleonasm on the etymology of soldiers - who are viewed by international law
automatically as criminals, to regardless of their behavior on the field. So much so that the mercenaries, which obviously exist, since they serve, and indeed thrive as a support to the regular armies of most countries 'or less developed, is no longer called' "mercenaries", but "Military Contractors." That then means mercenaries, Oh well 'is one thing to lawyers and it is better not get into it. Yet historically the mercenaries do not have behaved worse than the average regular troops, perhaps even a bit of both 'best. Sure, sometimes have committed unspeakable atrocities, but never like those committed by young conscripts in their twenties or solid professional troops long stop at the king, or the sun of the Republic. Symbolically, after Stanleyville
the 5th Commando
Mad Mike O'Hara
ee Cuban pilots, no one has thanked the CIA, but they have saved a lot of people. I hope they have paid handsomely. In Florence in the fourteenth, century to John Hawkwood's at least have to paint a beautiful monument (not melt, 'sti lice) by Paolo Uccello, and titles, and privileges - of course - money. In short, I wonder, you can 'do any work head-on, useful and less useful to the community, selling to the highest bidder, but no soldiers. Boh.
A little advice book, read
Weapons, Horses and Gold
to John Hawkwood is a must.
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