HEROS AND ANTIHEROS

However challenging it is to find and live, the virtue of truth is not always accessible.  Take for example what has happened to our heros of days gone by when their secrets were revealed.  Whole societies became enraged. Trust was not longer expected. Oversight and accountability became more prevailent and we became a nation of laws.  That said, we stopped looking differences in language, faith or complexion as signs of threat. With barely any restraints, humanity began talking directly.  The unholy of unholys came to the surface everywhere.  People decided what freedoms were necessary and what level of oversight was permissible, without asking permission.  Did the estates experience the loss of authority with quiet dignity? We know, of course they did not. Our global principles were put to the test. Virtue stopped being an illusion. Money and wealth were worshiped by opportunists. All was good except, it came at an expense they were not prepared to pay.  Damned those speculative freemasons. Damn them for their ability to thread their way through values lessons, with the objectivity of the innocent and the academic in search of truth. Of course, this meant the masonic sense of assistance to the vulnerable resurfaced.  Of course, it was at times, an overwhelming project.  Heady stuff for men wanting companionship, a dart board and validation. Heros have vanished from our landscape while individuals have continued to earn respect by their ironic display of generosity and courage. It is becoming harder and harder to hate thy neighbour because they are different. Our future is a morality-cleanse. We're prepared to fight for the right thinking it ought to be shared.   Though ancient knowledge has been passed on, describing a right life for thousands of years it is as new today as it was when we first sat down and talked about what ought to be. Is this still relevant? It would seem it is.