[tipokot]

My sig:
Because it's always good to know that we can train in Kendo for a billion years, have the best intentions, have and learn and cultivate character, honor, integrity, and that is a most noble and admirable pursuit in it of itself. But at the same time, it's important to remember that there exists no more Samurai or Knights, and that no one will be ever more engaged in real sword fight to-the-death-combat, -unless that is, they keep a secret mountain stonghold stocked with half-naked female Ninjas, like I plan on doing once I retire...but in any event, it's a good thing, because being cleft in two and watching my right body hemisphere collapse to the ground in a torrent of blood and quivering tissue was not what I had in mind as "something I needed to do before I die." (Pun intended) ~but other than that, yeah, make no mistake...the world we live in is dominated by the wondrous invention of the explosion-propelled ballistic device. Now instead of spending years learning how to masterfully hack each other to bits, we can simply pull a mechanical trigger, (no training required) and put neat, round little holes into one another!

I was definitely born in the wrong era.


2and Sig:

I'm convinced that Alan Watts pretty much nailed it on the head with the whole "What the %$^%$% is life all about" thing.