How is being philosophical like being on the front lines?

Question: How is being philosophical like being on the front lines!?
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You are in the position of apprehending that which has not yet been attempted by any other backup disciplines!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Philosophers are constantly!. They are always being attacked by those who refuse to look at other view points!. The front lines are the first people to go out into battle!. They deal with most of the havoc and chaos as philosophers deal with the question that no one else wants to ask or reflect upon, which often bring about chaosWww@QuestionHome@Com

You are always taking shots!

[sings:] Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable!.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table!.
David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel!.
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as schloshed as Schlegel!.
There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'bout the raising of the wrist!.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed!.
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill!.
Plato, they say, could stick it away-- half a crate of whiskey every day!.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle!. Hobbes was fond of his dram,
And René Descartes was a drunken fart!. 'I drink, therefore I am!.'
Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed, A lovely little thinker,
but a bugger when he's pissed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com