tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post114641389751552446..comments2023-09-01T09:38:54.262-04:00Comments on Dumb Looks Still Free: Nuclear Midnight and the Reasons We Got HereA Jacksonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post-1146417865603415262006-04-30T13:24:00.000-04:002006-04-30T13:24:00.000-04:00Well, organized mob rule and the belief that one m...Well, organized mob rule and the belief that one mob or group is better than another and deserves more than another. That attack on Individuality that is the basis for the Nation State is the attack point from all directions. We have been willfully misled to forget that this was the exact thing this Nation was meant to *oppose*.<BR/><BR/>The neutralization of Politics into mirror-sameness and neither willing to address the Nation is one outgrowth. The idea that calling something what it *is* so that it can be described has been attacked by those that pre-suppose *intentions* and attack one on those terms instead of the problem itself. That has become a legitimized part of debate and destroys the understanding that the People are to come together in understanding and help each other in this Nation.<BR/><BR/>By using methods that de-ligitimize actual, descriptive fact and replacing them with nebulous intent concepts, we are led into a sea of dishonest and dishonrable personal attacks instead of addressing the true and actual problems of the Nation.<BR/><BR/>Meekness of thought is enforced with personal attacks.<BR/><BR/>Timidity of attitude replaces that of self-sufficiency.<BR/><BR/>The Government as seen as something *good* rather than the tool of the People to Govern themselves Justly and is neither good nor bad, but may be used un-Justly.<BR/><BR/>Vibrant individualism is replaced with the pap of Group behavior, and we all suffer as a whole from those divisions. Right to the point where the Nation is no longer one People willing to come together and speak in One Voice.<BR/><BR/>The foundations for that were lain in the 19th Century and have born bitter fruit whenever it takes root. By trying to bring about 'classes' or 'groups' of people as more important than individuals, we All lose as a People in the Whole.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Poland will show us the way, yet again. At Second Vienna, they showed us. With Solidarity they gave the lie to the Worker's Paradise as Workers, and struck the blows that crumbled that edifice. And today some of them bravely post the pictures of those who have died because of Terrorism... not their own people, but people from across the Globe and give date and time and who did it. And shame us yet again that they see themselves as a Free People and will take down *anything* no matter how long it is in their path to be free.<BR/><BR/>We have lost the ability to feel shame. And so cannot express honor.<BR/><BR/>And soon all meaning is lost to us because of that.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post-1146416771659971022006-04-30T13:06:00.000-04:002006-04-30T13:06:00.000-04:00"That sort of Nation can *only* react on base emot..."That sort of Nation can *only* react on base emotions and be the end of us all." <BR/><BR/>That juggernaut has alredy left the depot. We are witnessing the attempt at mob rule come to fruition. <BR/>The Stalinists believe they have already broken enough of us to achieve their ends. I didn't believe it would happen in my lifetime but it appears we will see very soonBeto_Ochoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15076511352920839840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post-1146415705883567422006-04-30T12:48:00.000-04:002006-04-30T12:48:00.000-04:00beto - I do agree... the Foundation of the Nation ...beto - I do agree... the Foundation of the Nation as laid out in its opening sentence. We have been persuaded to forget that, and all the rights in the world have no meaning without those responsibilities. That sort of Nation can *only* react on base emotions and be the end of us all.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post-1146415466646160412006-04-30T12:44:00.000-04:002006-04-30T12:44:00.000-04:00At the end of the day, all we have is each other. ...At the end of the day, all we have is each other. I shudder think what event will re-light the fire of the people to govern themselves.Beto_Ochoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15076511352920839840noreply@blogger.com