Re: Is security worth giving up some freedom?
Actually, BH, Bullets don't kill anything either. People kill things. The lawmakers can legislate their way to kingdom come, but if people aren't willing to accept it then they are useless. A government can only exist with the consent of the governed. Moreover, it is human nature to want to throw all our problems into someone else's hands and ask them to deal with them. People, as a whole, expect the government to just jump in and fix everything. This is when people become willing to give up their rights so they don't have to deal with the problems they have created for themselves. Those who would sacrifice freedom for security will have neither, nor deserve neither. I have noticed, that many people think that whatever the government says must always go. That is not so. One thing that annoys me is that the IRS seems to think they are above the law. What ever happened to "Innocent until proven guilty" with them. They audit you and make you prove your innocence. I say screw that. They should have to prove my guilt. Another little pet peve of mine is that people seem to think that music is causing our kids to become "corrupted." This is a crock of crap. Listen to some Marvin Gaye, David Alan Coe, or Clarence Carter and tell me that music is corrupting kids. If that was so, then the people making these allegations are "corrupted" themselves. It is the failure of parents to properly discipline their children that makes them corruptable by such nonsense. I am nineteen years old and have not been influenced by anything that I have heard on the radio or seen on television. Also, something that scares the hell out of me is people voting who are uninformed about the issues. I have seen people that I go to school with say, "Cool, I can vote now. I'll just go vote for anyone." <br /><br />Consider this:<br /><br />The people who run the government are continually wanting more power over the public. As more freedoms are reliquished, the governments power strengthens. Eventually, the government would get too powerful and want to constantly impose demands on its people. This would eventually end up in a civil war. Then the cycle would repeat itself. For those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it. People will continue to be the way they are and have been as long as they fail to realise how small they are in this universe. Greed, politics, and intolerance of others are the major evils of this world. Until we stop playing this stupid game for power, glamour, and money, we will continue to fight wars, kill each other, and hate each other.
Nosleep, I am glad to see that not all Canadians are anti-gun. I hope that it all works out for those of you in Canada. I don't see how, but hope for the best. It may come a time in the future where you and your fellow citizens of Canada will have to rise up and protect yourselves against the government. I hope this doesn't come to pass, but it may some day. If it were me, I would not feel safe being at the mercy of the government. That is why I will NEVER give up any of my freedoms. Just remember that a government CAN NOT exist without the consent of the governed.
<br /><br />James
