Issue 61- "Parliament of Wisdom, Part III"

Words, Pencils/Inks: Heath Lail

 

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.- Ronald Reagan

The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.- Ronald Reagan

I wanted to start this issue with those opening comments. I hope you read them throughly, because we are going to delve into a deep meaning of what those words stand for in the "real world". Micah Ian Wright was a writer on DC Comics Stormwatch title. He was drawing an admirable amount of acclaim on the title. But then his big secret came out. Micah Ian Wright was NOT a Army Ranger in 1989, and DID NOT help dispose Manuel Noriega in Panama City. This was one of the lies he told his family, his friends, his colleagues at DC, and his fans. what makes a man, you say? Integrity makes up the biggest part of any true man, not just some guy with balls, and MIW did not have integrity. Instead, he led his family and friends to believe that he had been part of an elite team...that of our country's defenders, when in fact the whole thing was fabricated. Ronald Reagan, in his speech above, said that it is "the ideals to which we are dedicated" that will, in the end, show what kind of man we became during our lifetime. If we were loose with our morals and beliefs, changing them to satisfy others, then we were not men. Why would someone want to lie? Perhaps to make themselves more than they are, or to lead people to believe that they are, in fact, what they themselves have always sought to be....something more than liers. Remember to preserve your own moral set no matter what situation presents itself...stay true to who you are, lest you are battered by the tempest of life. If you love, love wholly...if you set yourself to a task, do not lay down half-way through and call it complete. I personally try to live a morally good life, presenting myself as a gentleman(a rare breed these days), but I don't see a need for someone to lie about themselves in order to better their stature, because in the end, you always get found out. Every time. I am too intrigued by this notion to write a well-thought out journal...the story simply blew me away when I first read it, so I'm still in shock that someone would do this. I will try to compose myself and put my thoughts here again later tonight in a more coherent form.