i mean philosophically anyway.
people usually tend to say the point is moot because the sword or spear will never penetrate the shield. that sentence in itself means that the shield will always be mightier but there comes a time when people will make better swords to get past the shield and so we return to square one. but i think we can see where this is going. long story short, the sword will always be mightier than the shield.
i can hear you go: "now, hang on because based on the above logic it is only a matter of time before the shield catches up and beats the sword." True, but you do need to consider that the shield needed time to catch up to the sword. The shield is a reaction to the sword and this is true even in real life. i would be surprised if people created the shield first and then the sword. the question we should actually ask now at this point is why is the sword always mightier than the shield?
as we advance in technology and science, we as humans become more and more adept at looking for ways to kill one another more quickly, more efficiently and in greater numbers. in our modern society there are now fewer and fewer ways to defend oneself. the best example is the atomic and nuclear bombs. Now, the threat of nuclear annihilation has sort of passed but back during the Cold War, the problem wasn't really how to make a bigger, more powerful bomb. the problem was how do you defend yourself against such a weapon? Till this day, there are no good countermeasures to such a weapon and is a clear case where the sword is indeed mightier than the shield.
another example would be walls. Walls and basic fortifications were rife during the medieval ages and carried on until the renaissance if i'm not wrong and that was when they started falling out of favor. gunpowder was the reason walls were no longer effective. walls and forts were strong and to a degree could withstand long sieges against them but gunpowder weapons literally blew that idea out of the air. which is why walls are no longer a feature in modern cities.
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just a random thought
people usually tend to say the point is moot because the sword or spear will never penetrate the shield. that sentence in itself means that the shield will always be mightier but there comes a time when people will make better swords to get past the shield and so we return to square one. but i think we can see where this is going. long story short, the sword will always be mightier than the shield.
i can hear you go: "now, hang on because based on the above logic it is only a matter of time before the shield catches up and beats the sword." True, but you do need to consider that the shield needed time to catch up to the sword. The shield is a reaction to the sword and this is true even in real life. i would be surprised if people created the shield first and then the sword. the question we should actually ask now at this point is why is the sword always mightier than the shield?
as we advance in technology and science, we as humans become more and more adept at looking for ways to kill one another more quickly, more efficiently and in greater numbers. in our modern society there are now fewer and fewer ways to defend oneself. the best example is the atomic and nuclear bombs. Now, the threat of nuclear annihilation has sort of passed but back during the Cold War, the problem wasn't really how to make a bigger, more powerful bomb. the problem was how do you defend yourself against such a weapon? Till this day, there are no good countermeasures to such a weapon and is a clear case where the sword is indeed mightier than the shield.
another example would be walls. Walls and basic fortifications were rife during the medieval ages and carried on until the renaissance if i'm not wrong and that was when they started falling out of favor. gunpowder was the reason walls were no longer effective. walls and forts were strong and to a degree could withstand long sieges against them but gunpowder weapons literally blew that idea out of the air. which is why walls are no longer a feature in modern cities.
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just a random thought
