tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547364.post1703730446038419067..comments2023-08-13T05:29:42.993-05:00Comments on Liberty Just In Case: Finally, Something I Can Agree With Joe Biden OnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958565644372836978noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547364.post-13520205937620258482010-03-24T11:25:48.667-05:002010-03-24T11:25:48.667-05:00Well--I have lived long enough to know that most p...Well--I have lived long enough to know that most politics has its own brand of threat and problem. It's always out there.. looming and possible.<br />Could this turn into a monster--perhaps. I have a fear it could end up alot like the old rabble-rousing union days and ultimately become corrupt.<br />But then again--that could be said about most politicians and all lobbyists.. *heh*<br />I donPatricia Scott-Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348953422482092877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547364.post-41279483313992265162010-03-23T22:39:51.022-05:002010-03-23T22:39:51.022-05:00This quote can apply to a great deal of history, b...This quote can apply to a great deal of history, both Christian and secular. It can also apply to many a parent, seeking to keep their little cherub from feeling any pain, and in the process not allowing the child to learn and grow from their pain. <br /><br />Not terribly interested in being logical right now, at least not in my post. That's one of the reasons I put David Brooks' Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958565644372836978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547364.post-6883563270252714752010-03-23T22:19:48.009-05:002010-03-23T22:19:48.009-05:00C.S. Lewis said it best.
Of all tyrannies a tyrann...C.S. Lewis said it best.<br />Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.<br />It is a tyranny that smothers, all in the name of the common good, all in the name of saving it's victims from pain.<br /><br />Hmmm... I believe that that quote would apply at various junctures in history towards Christianity as well, Mark.<br /><br />I Patricia Scott-Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348953422482092877noreply@blogger.com