Friday, April 15, 2011

What is an American? Part IV

The Committee for Public Safety

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. - A Leader of the French Revolution*

Revolutions are dangerous things.  Although the goals may be admirable, often times the result is far from what those goals were.  The French Revolution is a case in point.  Today it would have been called a popular uprising.  The peasants rising up against an oppressive King....storming the castle and celebrating freedom.  That is how it should have been, but something went terribly wrong.

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3 comments:

  1. FishygalApril 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Good stuff Capt. Thought provoking.

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  2. USMC1949April 15, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    "To be, or not to be: that is the question:
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles."

    William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"

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  3. Capt Black EagleApril 16, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    Thanks....and USMC...you gave me an idea that forced a rewrite of part V. Thanks

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