Kelly Vohs

“If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath—a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence and a deep love for your fellow citizens? Then you are a sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero’s path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed.” – “On Combat” by LTC Dave Grossman.

The concept of the sheepdog is a cherished role. The protector of the sheep. Almost a wolf but not. Choosing to defend those that need defending. It is a violent vocation. It remains violent. This world still requires that we support men and women ready to meet violence with violence. Unfortunately.

There is a role for the non-violent sheepdog. Some of my brothers may disagree but the sheepdog is anyone willing to do whatever it takes to protect those that need protecting... And we all need a little protecting from time to time...

• Stand up for those that need it and to do it when no one sees it.
• Put the needs of the many ahead of your own.
• Pick a fight with wrong.

You decide. Sheep or a sheepdog? You don't need to start a revolution. You can do a little today. You can help someone that everyone else ignores. You can make a hard decision that no one else wants to make. A 'death' for a just cause is an honorable death. That's how I want to go out.

Fully committed.

All in.

Fighting to make the world better.

Standing up for those people and ideas that need it.

Whoever, whatever, and wherever they are.

Join me.

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