"A free society is only free when its citizens do the right thing and are always civil to each other." "We should also all concerned and helpful to our neighbors..."
Unfortunately this has never been the case. We should be using government to protect society from the morally reprehensible. Crime - > Laws -> Punishment. We do not do this correctly though because government is no longer powered by the people for the people. Its a flawed system. Its great that Donna is doing what she is doing. It will have an impact though it may be small. Like most things that involve the political system I fear that there will never be an answer or that there will never be the means to finally end the problem. Based on the quote above we do not live in a "free society." On Apr 3, 5:37 pm, Itchn2go-Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > Logan, > You also cannot legislate personal responsibility or morality. > > We also do not need cameras monitoring us. > > A free society is only free when its citizens do the right thing and are > always civil to each other. When we stop doing this the answer becomes more > government and we get what we deserve. > > if we keep our neighborhoods clean and everyone does the same locally we will > have a impact so Donna is taking the lead which is great. We should also all > concerned and helpful to our neighbors and local charities therefore we have > people taking care of each other instead of big brother taking care of us. > > A government big enough to give and control everything will take and control > everything without your consent. > > No offense taken. > Ed > > > > > > "Logan" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Ed your reply makes no sense (no offense). We cannot enforce morality > >and personal responsibility. The best we can do is make suggestions. > >However, there are laws to protect the environment from litter and > >there are agencies that can punish offenders. Should we not push for > >better enforcement and stricter penalties? Im not giving up my > >responsibility but I also cannot take a baseball bat to a litter-bug. > >Big Brother has a job to do and it needs to be done. > > >On Apr 3, 3:53 pm, "Itchn2go - Ed" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ahhh Big Brother to the rescue - give up on personal responsibility - the > >> New America. > > >> People in Russia will be more free. > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> > Sam Quattrocchi > >> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:20 PM > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: RE: [Gyros: 15185] Yea Donna! > > >> > I really appreciate Donna taking action on the NC litter problem and for > >> > her > >> > appeal to the N&O. Even though I have lived here for many years now, I > >> > still react bitterly to the litter along the NC roads when I walk, jog or > >> > ride. When we first moved here it was the first thing we noticed - > >> > beautiful vegetation along with tons of trash. We never experienced that > >> > level of road trash in my home state of Ohio. > > >> > Bottom line, I've concluded that North Carolinians are pigs and there's > >> > not > >> > much any one can do about the problem though many have tried. I've been > >> > here 26 years and the problem has only gotten worse. > > >> > I'm happy to help clean up the roads with the Gyros, but it only makes a > >> > very small dent in this enormous problem. It almost makes me wish for > >> > "big > >> > brother" where roadside cameras record the license plate of those that > >> > throw > >> > trash out their windows or have trash fall out of their truck beds as > >> > they > >> > ride along. Of course we would need stiff fines for those that are > >> > caught. > > >> > Sam Quattrocchi > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> > [email protected] > >> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 2:28 PM > >> > To: North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros) > >> > Subject: [Gyros: 15181] Yea Donna! > > >> > Just thought I'd share this with everyone - as not everyone gets the > >> > Raleigh > >> > News and Observer newspaper. > > >> >http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/03/418987/more-and-more.html > > >> > If this isn't "our" Donna Webster, then I apologize in advance. > > >> > jerry > >> > a Gyro wannabe with not enough desire/effort to ride above 15mph > >> > // Jerry Heyman | "Congress does not draw to its halls > >> > // Amiga Forever :-) | those who love liberty, it draws > >> > those > >> > \\ // heymanj at acm dot org | who love power." 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