> healdt wrote: > >Socialism, based on Marx, advocates revolution and violence. It's > >principals are mutually exclusive. The republic envisioned in our > >constitution and bill of rights, in the constitutions and > charters of > >many state, is incompatible with many of it's guiding > ideals. I am not > >agreeing that we should deport socialists, just realize that their > >world view does not and should not matter in our political process, > >should we wish to stay true to the intent, the spirit of > liberty that > >this country manifests. > > With 'should' as the keyword. Stuff like the PATRIOT act, > DMCA etc. make me > think that a majority of people don't believe in that spirit > of liberty now, which raises the question if that intent is immutable. >
Interesting thought here - if the majority of the country feel that individual liberty and freedom is not as important as safety, then wouldn't stuff like the PATRIOT act, etc, be democracy in action? I.e., we are scared and don't mind losing freedoms if we are safer. -rc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
