To those who insist that action unfulfilled within a dictated span is equal to deceit, I offer a simple correction: one’s will is neither confined nor measured by the limitations of time nor the obstacles imposed by others.
To argue otherwise is a cheap sleight, a desperate ploy rooted not in reason but in fear—a fear of persistence and of the fierce individual who refuses to abandon his course even when faced with relentless opposition.
Consider the claim, then, that intentions which do not meet an imposed deadline reveal dishonesty.
Observe the absurdity in this line of thought. If a man sets forth on a path, whether legal or ideological, and faces unforeseen barriers, the honest man presses forward.
He does not halt simply because a clock has run out or because the path was steeper than expected. His resolve remains unchanged by mere logistics, just as the integrity of his objective is unaffected by delay.
Those who accuse me, or others who fight enduring battles, of dishonesty because of an incomplete mission betray a mind steeped in self-deception, a mind that presumes everyone lives by the same evasive tactics they themselves employ.
If they see deception in prolonged efforts, it is because deception clouds their own view. They confuse tenacity with trickery, not realizing that, for men of principle, to relent is the only dishonesty.
In this, one sees the projection of their own frailties—of their own tendency to compromise, to feign conviction when it is convenient, and to abandon it when it is not.
S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Nov 5, 2024
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