Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...Used by many, I am sure, but in this case by Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D., Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Senior Research Fellow, The Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA, Carleton University.
That is the way the cookie crumbles
Here is a line from a paper on his web site:
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.I like it.
Regards — Cliff
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I wonder if I can work that latin phrase into one of my OCS class presentations.
Hi Cliff,
Thanks, I like it :-). BTW, the reputation / honour line is from Lois McMaster Bujold's A Civil Campaign. Sometimes the best distinctions come from fiction...
Cheers,
Marc
Thanks, Marc and to Desert Guardsman I say go for it!
About the only thing I remember from Basic Cadet Summer was a "shower formation" when some upper classman asked me if I was putting out 100%. I said "No Sir!" His response was something along the lines of "What, why not!?!? My response was: "If you thought I was putting out 100% you wouldn't have asked me."
He seemed to walk away quickly and on reflection I suspect that he was probably going off somewhere to laugh.
Good luck.
Regards — Cliff
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