To: marcos who wrote (7632 ) 6/15/2000 11:33:00 PM From: X Y Zebra Respond to
from the sites you selected:herbertnorman.com The twin concepts of freedom and liberty have been the battle cry of oppressed groups since the beginning of recorded history. The nature of the freedom which was demanded has often proved illusory to idealists who expect perfection in this world; it has deceived historians and philosophers who, seeing in later history the frequent betrayals of liberty, have impugned the motives of those early advocates. Many groups suffering from disabilities or oppression, once they themselves have succeeded in gaining political power, have proved as oppressive as the dominant force which was overthrown or compelled to grant concession. This has proved particularly true in the history of the religious wars in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The course of the history of freedom is never along a direct and straight path. Rather is its course tortuous, leading sometimes into a cul-de-sac from which painful detours have to be made. Nevertheless to assume, because the original intentions of reformers and crusaders were not always sufficient in themselves to present their deals from being betrayed, that therefore all future struggle is vain and illusory would be a cowardly surrender profiting only the enemies of freedom. On the contrary, it is precisely from the lessons of past betrayals or frustrations that later leaders in the cause of freedom have profited, laying surer foundations for their own attempts. pbs.org WHAT SHOULD AMERICANS BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN MEXICO?
