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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SeachRE who wrote (141187)	10/13/2008 6:54:30 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"Saddam was a mean dictator...but nobody was blowing up on a daily basis, not even on a monthly basis, idiot." Millions were tortured and or murdered so the rest could live in fear under the brutal and heinous dictatorial regime. In addition a half million children under the age of five died of starvation and preventable disease while we sat idly by and Madeline Albright assured us that it is worth it. Throughout the history of human beings we have been tasked with liberation from one form of extremely brutal oppression to another. Liberty is founded upon the courage and hopes of a population who would choose to live free from the coercion of an oppressive regime. But it doesn’t present itself within the constraints of tyranny. It must be encouraged, supported, and if need be fought for. Freedom is living without coercion from religious authority, political authority, or social authority … all of which are corrupt. With this Peace you are enriched whether walking in rags or robes through castle hallways, on battle fields or across the forest meadow. The authority of the social order is never going to preserve a society of individuals, unless or until those individuals take hold of their natural capacities to stand for the noble destiny of human beings. This course is marked by progress toward the liberation of individuals from the tyranny of kings, dogma, and ordered establishment. Our era is no more naturally obliged to the authority of its predecessors than any other. Since we cannot trust completely in the rule of order or authority to guarantee our progress, we must take the responsibility in hand ourselves.