28 Dec 2007
The Code of the West

Don't believe that our culture is infused with heathen values? Compare this secular list to the Nine Noble Virtues. Nary a difference.

If, on the other hand, you believe that we're more inspired by the "Judeo-Christian" ethic, I invite you to compare these to the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes or other Christian teachings. A few similarities, but lots of differences.

I'm just sayin'...

I use the term, "code of the west," a lot to signify all those things that are so great about our industry but are kind of unspoken intangibles. Of course, there never was a formal code truly defined, and I've read that Zane Gray first actually used the term, which has nothing to do with geography but rather a mindset.

(link) [Beef Magazine]

via Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere

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