So basically, it's NOT fear of their neighbor's freedom in the sense folks would normally take your statement, it's fear of their neighbor's license (Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom: "When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near" - William Durant, or freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility and disregard for standards of personal conduct : LICENTIOUSNESS, - that which usurps a liberty at the expense of denying another's liberty).
Our founding documents distinguish between what they referred to as liberty and license. Regards, Bob Blakely --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." - Robert Frost ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >William Robb wrote: >> >> > I just don't understand where this kind of thinking comes from..... >> >>(US) Americans are scared of freedom. Not their own, their neighbors'. >> And I say that as an (US) American. >> >>-- >>Thanks, >>DougF (KG4LMZ) >> > > That's exactly right. I know we've gone down this path before here. All > one > has to do in this legal system is bring a claim to court that if proven > true > would require the court to intervene. The court is then basically > obligated > to hear the case. So any ill-meaning individual can turn your life to > hell > if they've got the the gumption to proceed. It's especially bad if the > person is both ill-willed and well- healed. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
