10-03-2019, 08:40 PM
(10-03-2019, 08:15 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Eh? Apparently either I wasn't being observant or there isn't too much of that out where I am at. What is it?
(10-03-2019, 08:28 PM)Dill Wrote: All over Western PA.
Anglicized and not translated: Molon Labe. It's also written in the form you see in those images of Dill's. It's rooted in Leonidas's response to Xerxes when Xerxes demanded Sparta throw down their weapons.
From there, the phrase entered American mythology during the Revolutionary War but is most remembered from the Texas Revolution at the Battle of Gonzales.
![[Image: 1920px-Gonzales_Flag.JPG]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gonzales_Flag.JPG/1920px-Gonzales_Flag.JPG)
Since then, it has been used by military units all over the world, including our special operations folks, as a statement similar to "never surrender." It was adopted by the 2A crowd around the time of the assault weapons ban and has been prevalent since then.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
