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2007-05-27 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Mike 2007-05-27 11:12|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Thomas Jefferson warned that the tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots. To the Americans, the idea that freedom and democracy exact a cost in blood is second nature. . ..

Gimson gets it.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-27 11:25|| 2007-05-27 11:25|| Front Page Top

#2 It is far more important that the English re-evaluate where they are going.

More than anything else, they seem diseased with timidity.

For example, were you to discreetly inquire among the man on the street if he thinks that vicious murderers should be hung, I suspect that he would strongly say "Yes!" But he is far too timid to ever suggest such a thing without being solicited first.

That is, is there not a single Englishman who will stand up and say that they, as a nation, should have and use a death penalty? I doubt it.

But Americans are continually voicing their opinions, unsolicited, on every subject, and are not shy in voicing our disagreements. This is not uncivil, it is honest. And by doing so, we as a people discover what we really want.

We question everything we think of. Issues that are never discussed in England because they think they are decided. They humbly do what they are told.

"Abolish gun control!" "To HELL with CCTV cameras everywhere!" "Enough of this nanny state nonsense!" "Kick out these illegal aliens!"

Civility is not the absence of argument. For without argument, civility withers before the petty onslaughts of tyrants unopposed.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-27 12:20|| 2007-05-27 12:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Distinguish between the British and English when making such comments, moose. If only the English had a Parliament, a majority would be saying those things and, more importantly, acting upon them. Also note how many of the policies you condemn over there are advanced by our Democrats over here.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-05-27 12:37|| 2007-05-27 12:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Uh. The GPS screen on the back of the seat has an algorithm for displaying nearby cities, based on zoom level and not cluttering the display up too much with noise. This author is simply ignorant of how computers work.

There is a kind of American to whom this behavior seems painfully unsophisticated.

Posted by gromky 2007-05-27 13:57|| 2007-05-27 13:57|| Front Page Top

#5 I greatly prefer the Patton Quote

"I don't want you to die for your country, I want you to make the other poor bastard die for HIS country".

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-05-27 14:43|| 2007-05-27 14:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Now men, I want you to remember, that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.

He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.

George C. Scott, Patton, 1970

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-27 21:46|| 2007-05-27 21:46|| Front Page Top

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