On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our of curiosity, why is comparing them to the founding father's different? > Both are obviously people of courage who went against what they considered > to be an oppressive government. Both were rebels. Both were willing to put > their lives on the line for their beliefs. > > I'm not saying they are comparable, just wondering why YOU think they > aren't. > > Cheers. >
Putting your life on the line for your beliefs is NOT noble...in and of itself. The suicide bombers on 9/11 put their lives on the line for their beliefs. They were rebels. They went against what they considered to be an oppressive government. Martyrs leave it to those they leave behind to determine the value of their sacrifice. Everything is "comparable", i suppose, but I guess I would answer your specific question by simply saying I believed the sacrifice of the founding fathers worthy, whereas I"m not sure I see the same with the flotilla folks. The caveat, of course, is that we've had 200+ years to contemplate the actions of the Founding Fathers, and only a few weeks for the flotilla folks. I will grant that, in time, we MIGHT look back on these people with esteem......i just have my doubts. -- My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320478 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
