THE KNIGHT IN THE SHINING ARMOUR
These photos were taken when we visited a museum in Valetta, Malta. The museum housed a large collection, displays of statues complete with mid-fifteenth-century plate armours with shields, banners and surcoats, of the Knights Hospitaller (known as Knights of Malta Orders of St. John). Lately there are a lot of talks about "a tall, strong man on a large white horse", the knight in shining armour, and that he would come to the aid of people in distress, to defend the weak from oppression, re-distributing wealth taken from the rich to give to the poor and with his charm and gentle smiles, he would bring peace to the world! 
What is a real knight? How would we recognize the real knight and how do we know to dismiss the impostor? The real knights have "no consideration of personal advantage, nothing could sway him from adherence to his beliefs and loyalties". The real knights followed a set of high standards from a system of values in which the principles of personal integrity, the practice of virtues such as generosity, compassion and the desire for the highest honour. If these are the characteristics of a real knight, I don't see any around, definitely not in the neighboring State!
These photos were taken when we visited a museum in Valetta, Malta. The museum housed a large collection, displays of statues complete with mid-fifteenth-century plate armours with shields, banners and surcoats, of the Knights Hospitaller (known as Knights of Malta Orders of St. John). Lately there are a lot of talks about "a tall, strong man on a large white horse", the knight in shining armour, and that he would come to the aid of people in distress, to defend the weak from oppression, re-distributing wealth taken from the rich to give to the poor and with his charm and gentle smiles, he would bring peace to the world! 
What is a real knight? How would we recognize the real knight and how do we know to dismiss the impostor? The real knights have "no consideration of personal advantage, nothing could sway him from adherence to his beliefs and loyalties". The real knights followed a set of high standards from a system of values in which the principles of personal integrity, the practice of virtues such as generosity, compassion and the desire for the highest honour. If these are the characteristics of a real knight, I don't see any around, definitely not in the neighboring State! 
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