Saturday, December 18, 2004
Pardon My English � The Most Important Arguments for Liberty
I found the link at the Daou Report. I've had it in the back of my mind to make a comment on the argument for the Second Amendment proffered here.
It has always struck me as some kind of reactionary wet-dream that they and their pop guns are gonna stand a chance against a military set to put them down. While any guerrilla war is difficult, in the end it usually falls to the side that puts the greatest number of determined gunmen in the field. And while these firearm fantasies are dancing in their heads, they pay little heed to the cost on society of that kind of situation. No, I have always thought that it was the intention of our original patriots to ensure that it would never come to this. They, who lived and fought in such a war, knew how tenuous that connection to freedom was.
If these so-called modern patriots really think that an armed populous is unstoppable, they should be betting on the other side in Iraq.
No, I am far more concerned about the Bush administration's drive to take away our lawyers. The imagined malpractice reform effort is really just one small part of an overall effort to deny accountability and access. Ashcroft began the drive against FOIA before 9-11. The great sweep of their efforts in this direction is a greatly under reported story.
¶ 12/18/2004 08:22:00 PM
It has always struck me as some kind of reactionary wet-dream that they and their pop guns are gonna stand a chance against a military set to put them down. While any guerrilla war is difficult, in the end it usually falls to the side that puts the greatest number of determined gunmen in the field. And while these firearm fantasies are dancing in their heads, they pay little heed to the cost on society of that kind of situation. No, I have always thought that it was the intention of our original patriots to ensure that it would never come to this. They, who lived and fought in such a war, knew how tenuous that connection to freedom was.
If these so-called modern patriots really think that an armed populous is unstoppable, they should be betting on the other side in Iraq.
No, I am far more concerned about the Bush administration's drive to take away our lawyers. The imagined malpractice reform effort is really just one small part of an overall effort to deny accountability and access. Ashcroft began the drive against FOIA before 9-11. The great sweep of their efforts in this direction is a greatly under reported story.
¶ 12/18/2004 08:22:00 PM
