Reply to current Move On drama page

by John Meeker , West End of Lake Erie, Thursday, April 18, 2013, 07:55 (4241 days ago) @ Rob Leahy

'Aunties' predicate their argument on a belief in 'fool-proof' idealism; 2Ar's recognize the reality of human imperfection. By force of fiat or by wishing, human affairs are not perfectible. A herd of sheep may be grateful to the Shepard for protection from predators: they may assume that they are safe, while the deny their eventual utility.

So it is with the 'perfectionist' arguments here. The assumption of safety for the individual, by insuring equal protected sheep-dom, does not work out either socially or politically. However, the whole of the sheep are more satisfied with their lot, than facing the true un- perfectibility of mankind.

The general creeping of Liberty towards a Police state is understandable -- it looks safer within that boundary. It is an illusion that sells well, and useful for those seeking further power over the lives and income of other citizens. All the rest of these arguments are illusory -- this about who owns you. Yourself or the State?

Well, rock on....future history is what we are now. As an old friend from Mississippi usta say: "It doan be who you is, it's how you be's." There are a considerable amount of citizens 'out here' that are quite content to be free. The total elimination of firearms will make you any more free; it will make you a client of the state. Clients are not citizens, nor are they free. But for so many of you, if you have the entertainment and material comforts and a promise of physical security, you consider yourself to be so.

Adios, from an old-time 'Murican revolting family. True, dat.

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