Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be “cured” against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.
- C.S. Lewis
I see no where in the statement that Santorum desires to inhibit yours, mine, or anyone elses ability to surf porn, nor do I read that he desires to stop Larry Flint from posting his trash on the web for those of age to enjoy. I do read he desires to enforce the laws on the books, something Obama is not doing.
I remember when the Clinton Admn was usurping our right to bear arms by supporting stiffer gun control laws. Thank God the Republicans pretty much stopped him once they gained control. However, Clinton was not enforcing the laws already on the books. The then president of the NRA Wayne LaPierre an op-ed you may remember where he stated that bthe Clinton admn was not enforcing gun laws already on the books because they wanted a certain amopunt of gun violence to justify more gun control laws.
Well, I am of the belief that Obama is not enforcing, nor prosecuting the current laws controlling sexual implicit material and the access to them or the proliferation of them so as to create an environment where our children will be able to access it.
In his case it is not to enforce more laws, but to destroy the very fabric of our society. I will not repeat the facts of how pornography destroys the minds of teen boys as they are entering puberty, but I will inform you that homosexuals use pornography as the best way to gain control of a young boys mind.
One of the big reasons Rick desires to enforce the laws already on the books is to stop the homosexual movement from destroying gaining a bigger foothold in our children. Laws like the ones that Judges are trying to over turn, that makes it a felony to give pornographic material to children. Those pushing the homosexual movement are getting cherry picked Judges to allow children access to pornography in Schools and libraries.
All we need is to enforce the laws, we need no new ones, and Rick is not suggesting we make new ones. By the way, I am a Newt supporter, have been since he entered the race. My problem with Santorum is the b way he justifies his votes as Senator by claiming his constituents were farther left than him and he was pleasing those who voted for him.
Justifying evil for any reason is evil, and it points to one heart. He has yet to admit he was wrong for voting the way he did, just excuses. Sure didn’t help him getting re-elected did it?
Newt screwed up a few times, but he admitted he made mistakes, while never justifying them. So while I defend Santorum on this, I do not want him to win the nomination.
I do hope we get a brokered convention, because it will fire up the base for the general so that whoever gets the nod will win in a landslide with huge coat tails.
Imagine the viewership of the Republican convention if Romney cannot garner enough votes on the first ballot. Once the first ballot is over and no one wins, all delegates are free to vote for whomever they chose. The delegates are always the base and thus more conservative. The more votes taken wiothout a victor, the farther right the delegates will go in their support.
I do believe that history is our best friend, and Gingrich being a history prof. knows it. We could end up with someone other than the four running now, and that can only be a good thing, because then the people win, not the establishment. And no, a moderate nor a liberal will aver have a chance once the delegates are free to vote their conscience.
One last time about this porn issue, those who would defend evil in the name of rights, will one day find their children and Grandchildren consumed by the very evil they demand has a right to exist.
Allowing children to have easy access to porn is an evil, and not a right. We can defend them from seeing it to a point, and I would suggest a simple fix that would work about 80% of the time. Force all porn sites to have its own domain name like ( porn. ) then you just set the pc to not allow internet access to that domain.
Ultimately it takes parents to control what their children have access to, and we will never stop all children from ever gaining access, but by enforcing laws on the books that Obama is not will take care of about 50% of the problems we already have.
Sorry for the thesis.
God bless, OV
Wow, great quote. Thanks for posting.