2002-10-4 15:56:00
JJ posted:
Just because I live in peace does not mean I am not standing up for justice. Justice is one reason I work so hard at teaching and introducing plans to change the system for the better.
Larry:
I grant that you are working to introduce plans that could greatly change the world for the good. But that doesn't excuse you from seeing the many faces of tyranny that are arising swiftly in this country.
Larry,
You just do not seem to understand what I am trying to say.
The injustices you talk about are indeed something to be concerned about but the amount of injustice in this country does not reach the degree that would classify the whole United States as a Tyranny by the definition that I and the majority of the country use.
Are you attempting to get me to change the definition I use?
One must define terms to be understood, and I have defined what I mean when I use the word tyranny.
It seems that the main problem here is that some on the list insist I use a minority definition before they will listen to what I am really saying.
JJ
"Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends, the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are his who can take them." --Thomas Jefferson to Annapolis Citizens, 1809. ME 16:337
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