+1 Fantastic answer actually.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:03 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:320487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
