True, but I champion for liberty anyway, even if sometimes I feel I'm "tilting at windmills".
Regards, Bob Blakely --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Liberty, Sancho, my friend, is one of the most precious gifts that Heaven has bestowed on mankind" - Don Quixote ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well I didn't make the original statement I was just giving my take on it. > :-) > > I don't know how we got to founding documents but it's important to > remember > 1) that the founding documents of almost every nation, even the 1977 > Soviet > constitution, propose to guarantee essentially the same common set of > basic > rights and 2) the documents are pieces of paper which can be > interpreted/misinterpreted by those in power, much the way treaties are. > > The founding documents of the United States have not stopped the > travesties > of justice that occur here routinely with liberty and the pursuit of > happiness. > >>From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>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. >> >>----- 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
