Courage.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

-Gilbert Keith Chesterton

So, tonight i will rant because someone declared me a coward. They have never really met me and we have never really talked. They judged me based on the stories and words of just one other. They are also morally corrupt and disloyal to those around them.

I say, here and now, they have no right and no moral authority with which to call me a coward with.

I challenge the person to come forth and, to my face, declare me coward and state their reasons. If after i give them my rebuttal, to my satisfaction, they still believe me a coward and believe that i am deserving of their hate, then that is fair and fine by me, though i'd like them no better than before, if not less, and i don't like them now.

They may be wolfgirl's "best friend", but they are no friend of mine.

They are as bad as the bullies who judged me when i was little...they knew me not and judged me for a fool and weakling.

I am neither.

So come, friend of wolfgirl's. Meet me and face the one you named coward.

I will not have my name tarnished by a child who has not the courage herself to insult me in person without know one whit of my true nature.

Fie on thee, child. Fie on thee. You are nothing but a hypocrite. Face me and prove yourself! Why do you insist on shaming yourself and those who know you by acting so foolishly?

I am not perfect, not by a long shot...but at least I know where my loyalties lie and can be trusted to be fair and decent.

Humph.

Next time you call someone a coward, kid? Pick someone who's actually cowardly.

I fight for the people. 

What do you fight for?

[created 2-21-13 but never posted]