Posted on 01/30/2013 7:48:09 AM PST by EXCH54FE
If you are a reader of comments here at American Thinker then you have probably noticed an increasing use of the term molon labe. For those of you unfamiliar with the term and too busy (or too lazy) to look it up, I've done it for you.
It is a Greek expression first attributed to King Leonidas of Sparta when the Persian invader Xerxes I, prior to the Battle of Thermopylae, demanded that the Spartans lay down their arms and submit to him. Its essential meaning was, "Up yours, pal: come do your worst." In so many words, it is the Greek equivalent of the response of Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe* of the 101st Airborne Division, who when surrounded at Bastogne, Belgium during WWII, reportedly said, "Nuts!" to a German demand for surrender. Screaming Eagle lore has it that the defiant general's actual response to the German general was in language unreportable in those more discreet days, "Eff you, Kraut!" Whatever, the unflinching meaning of both statements is abundantly clear:
"Come on, hoss; take your best shot."
According to multiple web sources, molon labe now translates to an unwavering, "Come and take it," as in Charleton Heston's defiant challenge at the 2000 NRA convention, "From my cold dead hands." Considering that the expression, in one form or another, has been quite forcefully and purposefully addressed to would-be tyrants by very strong and admirable men, from Leonidas to Heston, many of us find a sense of oneness with men of such resolve, embracing their defiance and applying it to our own determination to defend our constitutional right to keep and bear protective weaponry free from federal constraints.
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Okay, so here’s my next question to all of us. It’s clearly and obvious in order for successive victory. How will we communicate with each other? From city to city, from State to State. When the SHTF, what now? We will not be able to just call one another and the internet will quickly be shut down.
Hey! Welcome to Free Republic! I gathered from some of your posts that you are from Alabama. Roll Tide! or War something or other. I trust your relativly new sign up isn’t proof of trollage? Loose lips sink ships and all. Maybe Obama getting reelected was the last straw for you. Maybe you could kinda give us a chance to get to know you? These are strange and dangerous times. Also, prepper and gun grabber threads aren’t the only thing discussed here. Always welcome a new member. Hope you have contributed whatever you can afford to keep Free Republic alive!
Peace...
OK whatever they were. Spartans
Hmmm, interesting reply. I’ve seen your name around here before. Thank you for your suggestions.
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