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Date Submitted: 06/25/2009 06:11 PM
THUNDER of THOR
Brotherhood Earned Never Given
As bikers we hear the words brother as often as we hear the roar of a Harley
tooling down the road. But do we really mean it? In today’s society with the entire fly by night bikers that we encounter out on the road and even in our club houses, the word brother has been severely abused and taken for granted. People think that riding a motorcycle gives them the right to call someone their brother. This could not be any further from the truth. Most bikers today have no clue or idea what it takes to be someone’s brother. Remember this, with the big surge in people buying bikes and getting out on the road this is going to get worse before it gets any better.
The word brother is used so often in today’s world that no one can tell if it is out of habit or if a person really means it. Do you say BROTHER to describe a relative, friend, an acquaintance or do you use it when you are around your club. When ever you use it, do you really mean it or are you so use to saying it that it has become part of your everyday usage of the English language. One question that we all need to ask ourselves when we are calling someone our brother is, “Are You Prepared To Back Those Words Up?”
There are many groups and organizations that use the terms Brother or Brotherhood as a backbone to their way of life. The military uses it to promote teamwork and the ability to count on the guys in their unit with their life. The military instills this in every member that goes through boot camp. In doing this most veterans of the military and especially those that have served in any combat, have brothers that mean more and are trusted more than their own flesh and blood siblings. Marine Force Recon, Recon, Navy Seals, Army Rangers and Delta Force have this instilled, drilled and sometimes beaten into them from day one of training. That is one reason why the U.S. Military branches are so successful at what they do....