Fighters In The Sun

Written By: Orlon Braem

Welcome to my requested second part of what might be termed a three part “in the sun” series of discourses. Mayor George Jennifer has already supplied “Arrangers In The Sun” to this forum, and Rashon Leyf, I’m told, will provide a third segment entitled “Innocents In The Sun.” But, in case those who begin to read this particular piece eventually find its words to be too forceful, too non-caring, too unstructured, or too egotistically written, and thus exit it before its conclusion, I want to make a strong statement here in this its first few paragraphs. You who are the youthful, middle-aged, or senior citizens of The United States Of America, place extreme emphasis on one matter in the months and years to come: Never again allow your nation to be infiltrated by foreigners whose ultimate goal, though they’ll never say this, is to remake America into a facsimile of the place they came here from.
Oh, but don’t some people say that America is a land of immigrants? Yes, many immigrants did settle in this North American nation. But that was long ago when the reality of life here was radically different than it is today. And, if indeed America was somewhat under-populated then, that’s not the case today. And thus, is not the premise which states that babies born to non-citizens living in the U.S. should automatically become U.S. citizens outdated and false? Should not they as well as their non-American parents be deported to what is their real homeland?
Yet, admittedly some progress has been made recently in the effort to rid America of its non-citizens. So, let’s hope, and try to ensure that such a trend continues. But, while there is some good news on the “phony immigration” front, other traditionally liberal entrapments continue to ensnarl Americans. And let’s speak of at least two now. Today the rightful citizens of the U.S. are being asked to support all sorts of deviations from the types of lifestyles they’ve traditionally known. Yes, no one is perfect, but does that fact provide a rationale for someone to say that he or she was born into the wrong sex? And also, just because someone may be wealthier than someone else, does that fact grant the poorer the right to harm or kill the richer?
And yes, I fear it’s true, anyone lacking the capability to truly and thoroughly fathom and accept as real all the incorporated figments of mortal thought and conduct which exist within each human being may struggle to appreciate, or perhaps even understand what’s addressed in this writing and its two companion pieces. And if the “in the sun” portion of the titles of these three pieces has appeared elsewhere amidst the annals of written words, then I apologize for the reuse. But the goal of these discourses is simply the offering of a heartfelt defense of correctness. And, in a manner similar to which this “Fighters In The Sun” piece could possibly be looked upon as an “answer” to Mayor George Jennifer’s “Arrangers In The Sun,” so could also Rashon Leyf’s upcoming “Innocents In The Sun” be viewed as a retort to this effort.
And from what you’ve read here thus far, you may have difficulty believing that I’ve always considered introductions and prefaces as unfortunate parts of the literary experience. But sometimes, as I felt was the case here, I accept them as necessities. And I think that in this particular setting, their justification lies in the fact that when those who exercise political power notice that just too much “bending of the rules of civility and common sense” is occurring within their societies, they know they must act before their nation’s citizenry suffers. And, in such cases it might be well to prepare all such citizens of those nations who could be affected by the ramifications of such action in advance of its implementation.
But maybe, as residents of a nation which stresses freedom, we too often ponder all we have and don’t have, as well as all we feel we should or shouldn’t have. And maybe we also forget that sometimes either the possession or non-possession of certain entities may either stop or exempt us from experiencing evil. And I guess I’ll claim the thoughtfulness of that last sentence as part of my defense of so-called “fighters in the sun” who live their lives not only in pursuit of personal will-being and order, but also in the hope of finding better ways for mortals to exist upon Planet Earth.
And I wonder if we always understand the true identities and natures of purpose of the combatants against whom the fighters in the sun struggle. And my answer to the just posed question is “I hope so.” But we should know who the fighters are. Aren’t they the members of any society who battle against dangerous trends present in their society? And don’t they seek to stop, or at least rectify as much as possible, all evil deeds either championed or committed by troublemakers of all types who operate within any society as either individuals or members of criminal groups?
Yet, “innocents in the sun” live the lifestyle of everyday workers and providers; and without their efforts very few humans would be fed upon the earthly planet. Nonetheless, who can deny that theirs is also often a fantasized existence, as I’m afraid it will appear in Rashon’s writing later. And yet, while everyone must surely face the reality of his or her own worldly situation, doesn’t everyone also need escapes from reality from time to time?
But aren’t even escapes from reality rooted in realness to some extent? Doesn’t all that the human mind can imagine become real once it’s thought of? But of course creations of the mind will remain unknown to society as a whole unless they’re acted upon either legally or illegally by any member of that society. And isn’t it also true that what human eyes see, and what human ears hear, is what determines what human minds then generate as assumptions and speculations? Yet aren’t such guesses really often only conjectures? And who is living upon Planet Earth today who can truthfully say “Yes, I know all that is, was, and will yet be?” And of course the phrase “in the sun” is a symbolic one. Anything and any one cast into the great light of the Earth would immediately burn, yet human beings do physically live in the light of the sun, and sometimes, as is hopefully the case in this written piece, find new “figments of reality” or “ways to live” which had been previously unknown to them.
But of course, as individuals each of us must remember that by ourselves we’re only one mortal amongst billions. And that realization leads to many philosophical ponderings, the greatest of which (in my opinion) concerns eternity. What really happens to the human being when his or her life ends? And the second in importance, it seems to me, concerns how much each still living mortal should really care about any other human whose life is still being lived. To what percentage should each mortal care about others, and to what percentage should he or she care about himself or herself only? And I can truthfully tell you that the questions posed in this discussion thus far, plus a number of what I consider to be unfortunate occurrences in our city, are what prompted the Arrangers, Fighters, and Innocents written pieces.
So yes, dangerous people can place our lives in peril. But of course we already knew that. And, as I close this piece, I hope the readers of it haven’t felt that it said to them only things they’d already known. But if it did, here’s a last word to those so affected: Even when one does commit only rightful actions, isn’t one sometimes left wondering what may have occurred had one taken dangerous steps? And admittedly, in what’s no doubt a cynical rationale, doesn’t one sometimes justify his or her fantasies of evil and danger by saying that one can’t always do what’s right?