An Ode to Sparta

Most of us have probably watched the movie "300" and have been amazed by the power of few. It tells about King Leonidas and a group of 300 Spartans who held the fort from the Persian mob under the rule of King Xerxes. They have made use of their capabilities as soldiers and their knowledge of war and tactics. And at the end defeated only by a traitor who gave away precious information about their location.

Anyone who would hear their songs and read about their story would be awed by their bravery. But something more important should be realized about how their legend came about. And that is what motivated them to victory. Their victory in the battles they fought led to every Greek realizing what they have always known all along, freedom comes at no price, not even death. That each individual values their freedom and would fight and give everything for it not to be taken away.

And so it goes with the shift of society now a days. Countries under dictatorship rule has its people feeling the need for their freedom to be given back to them. That a dictators rule, no matter how effective, still goes against the natural law that governs mankind. And that is that we were given freewill and freedom of choice. Anyone who has these two threatened will feel the urge to fight for it as it is our God-given right. And no one has the right nor the power to take it away from anyone. And though Sparta has long gone from existence, their story lives on till today. As they have proven time and again that man is a free soul, and it will stay that way in years to come.

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