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To: tcrlaf
but ...but.... but.... I voted for obama because he promised us change......... this is not the kind of change I wanted. sob sob~
31 posted on 07/08/2011 4:04:26 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter
Ayn Rand saw it clearly years ago:
The greatest guilt today is that of people who accept collectivism by moral default; the people who seek protection from the necessity of taking a stand, by refusing to admit to themselves the nature of that which they are accepting; the people who support plans specifically designed to achieve serfdom, but hide behind the empty assertion that they are lovers of freedom, with no concrete meaning attached to the word; the people who believe that the content of ideas need not be examined, that principles need not be defined, and that facts can be eliminated by keeping one's eyes shut. They expect, when they find themselves in a world of bloody ruins and concentration camps, to escape moral responsibility by wailing: "But I didn't mean this!"

Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper name. They must face the full meaning of that which they are advocating or condemning; the full, exact, specific meaning of collectivism, of its logical implications, of the principles upon which it is based, and of the ultimate consequences to which these principles will lead.

Well - here you are...

57 posted on 07/08/2011 4:59:19 PM PDT by Noumenon ("One man with courage is a majority." - Thomas Jefferson)
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