Tenacity

If I could use only word to describe the Greeks it would have to be tenancious. Starting with their politics, they just kept trying and trying. Most of the time building on what they had, sometimes stepping back and starting over, but always desiring to improve and conquer. The same could be true about their miliary efforts. Despite repeated defeats and set backs, they continued to try and try and try. Sometime moving forward, sometimes stepping back to start again. And in the end, they did not come out the winner, but they still kept going. Never bowing their heads and giving up, but instead continuing to look for new ideas. And thus dawned the age of philosophical thinking. Again, ever revamping. Sometimes moving forward and sometimes stepping back, but never giving up. Propelling their influence into modern day. But what have we done with their example? Forward thinking, I think we're giving up on it. We speaking of being opened minded and yet we are slowing drawing the walls in around us with all that is "politically correct." We claim freedom of speach, and yet stifle that right with "that's not politically correct." If a thought reaps an action, then are in fact stifling our thoughts when we limit what we say and how we say it. Don't get me wrong. I very much believe in respect others, their beliefs, their cultures, etc. But when I don't even know how to properly address another ethnic group for fear of using the wrong word or phrase and offending someone, how much freedom of speech, thought, and expression are we allowing. Will we soon be like those who condemned Socrates? On the flip side, if we were in Socrates shoes, would be confident enough in our thoughts to defend them to the death? What have we done with the lessons we have learned from the Greeks?