i found this floating rock tablet inside one of the asteroids in
deep western space !!!

"
tao te ching chapter 31
. . .
Whoever finds beauty in weapons
Delights in the slaughter of men;
And who delights in slaughter
Cannot content himself with peace.

So slaughters must be mourned
And conquest celebrated with a funeral.
"

'horse puckey' i thought. i ground up the worthless
item and sold the trace xithricite to the nearest weapons plant. i poured the remainder in my 'mr fusion' generator to power my various appliances like my itPod (music playing gadget).

damn hippies.

You dealt with it in the proper Serco manner. We thank you.

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

In Ukari I once chanced upon the shell of a burned-out Prometheus, shattered and long abandoned. Of the pilot I could find no sign, but this verse was tucked neatly into the overhead locker...

"
LXIX
...
The strategists have a saying,
I dare not play the host but play the guest,
I dare not advance an inch but retreat a foot instead.

This is known as marching forward when there is no road,
Rolling up one's sleeves when there is no arm,
Dragging one's adversary by force when there is no adversary,
And taking up arms when there are no arms.

There is no disaster greater than taking on an enemy too easily.
So doing nearly cost me my treasure.
Thus of two sides raising arms against each other, it is the one that is sorrow-stricken that wins.
"

> So slaughters must be mourned
In this statement alone does a grain of truth shine through...if you wipe out the enemy, what do you eat for the rest of your life?
-:sigma.SB

There are always more enemies, those who do not share the True Faith.