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**SweetCaroline** · 07-04-2010, 09:36 PM

Hey guys it's me the documentary guy. I appreciate your candor. The purpose of the documentary is to show the world the various ways and organizations that exist whose at least partial philosophy is based on warrior culture not to judge which is better. With that in mind I pose a question to you.

What makes someone a warrior?

IMO, a warrior is one who constantly lives in a state of preparedness and training for combat, usually within a larger cultural context (such as medieval Japan or Europe) and within a specific philosophical framework; all of which provides the impetus for that person to lead that life.

With that in mind, the only people that I can think of that come close to that would be the special forces community (SAS, SEALS, etc.) and even then I think they are not quite the same only because they are soldiers and must operate within the confines of the nation state concept whereas the warriors of the past did not (I am think of the European Knight and his right to leave the service of his lord or to choose single combat over submission to the group).

07-04-2010, 09:36 PM	#36
SweetCaroline Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	Hey guys it's me the documentary guy. I appreciate your candor. The purpose of the documentary is to show the world the various ways and organizations that exist whose at least partial philosophy is based on warrior culture not to judge which is better. With that in mind I pose a question to you. What makes someone a warrior? IMO, a warrior is one who constantly lives in a state of preparedness and training for combat, usually within a larger cultural context (such as medieval Japan or Europe) and within a specific philosophical framework; all of which provides the impetus for that person to lead that life. With that in mind, the only people that I can think of that come close to that would be the special forces community (SAS, SEALS, etc.) and even then I think they are not quite the same only because they are soldiers and must operate within the confines of the nation state concept whereas the warriors of the past did not (I am think of the European Knight and his right to leave the service of his lord or to choose single combat over submission to the group).
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