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Have the majority of people in this country reached a point where they would give up freedom for security? I really don't want to believe that's true. I'm hoping someday to see that proven wrong.
But that's what our government and its drones want me to believe. They are convinced that the vast majority of you just want to be safe and happy and protected. Even if it means giving up the right to say what you want. To think what you want. I've been told that I am fighting against the will of the people. That I am out of touch with the middle class. That all they want is their SUVs, cable TV, cheap gas and their morning Starbucks. And if innocents have to die and dissidents are locked up without trial, well that's ok.
Ben Franklin would be rolling over in his grave.
Well I refuse to believe that. I refuse to accept that greed and selfishness are the norm. Maybe that makes me idealistic. Maybe it makes me naive. Maybe the drones are right and none of you give a damn about your rights as long as you think you have a shot at the so called American Dream.
It doesn't matter. I'd rather be naive than cynical. I'd rather fight than give up. I'd rather you have freedom and not want it than not have it and wish you did.
But that's what our government and its drones want me to believe. They are convinced that the vast majority of you just want to be safe and happy and protected. Even if it means giving up the right to say what you want. To think what you want. I've been told that I am fighting against the will of the people. That I am out of touch with the middle class. That all they want is their SUVs, cable TV, cheap gas and their morning Starbucks. And if innocents have to die and dissidents are locked up without trial, well that's ok.
Ben Franklin would be rolling over in his grave.
Well I refuse to believe that. I refuse to accept that greed and selfishness are the norm. Maybe that makes me idealistic. Maybe it makes me naive. Maybe the drones are right and none of you give a damn about your rights as long as you think you have a shot at the so called American Dream.
It doesn't matter. I'd rather be naive than cynical. I'd rather fight than give up. I'd rather you have freedom and not want it than not have it and wish you did.
MAY 06, 2008 08:45 PM
Thanks for your thoughts. Dealing with things is all we can do, right?
I hope you know I was just kidding re Northfield. A fine place. I thought about going to school at one or the other. Got in to both. Olaf was even gonna give me a bunch of cash to come. In hindsight, it might have been a good place for me at that time. I didn't exactly take my UW undergraduate career very seriously, and I regret that. Olaf might have had fewer distractions. Maybe?
I know this family in Milwaukee; four kids and they all went to Olaf. I find that a bit nutty but I love 'em all to pieces. 
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