“What is that “honor”? Air. A trim reckoning. Who hath it? He that died o’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. ‘Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it. Therefore, I’ll none of it. Honor is a mere scutcheon. And so ends my catechism.”
Today, on Things That Go Boom, we explain what Falstaff means when he says honor is ‘air’ — why military parades don’t equal honor, and why when civilians say “thank you for your service,” there’s a reason it’s not always well-received.
We also talk to a woman who found a hidden secret in her grandmother’s belongings.
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+ For another take on the civil-military divide, be sure to read Peter Marino’s piece up today.
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