Posted on 03/20/2015 9:58:26 AM PDT by DWW1990
In opposing the godless and bloody French Revolution, Edmund Burke, the father of modern conservatism, concluded that, “I should therefore suspend my congratulations on the new liberty of France, until I was informed how it had been combined with government; with public force; with the discipline and obedience of armies;…with morality and religion;…with peace and order; with civil and social manners. All these (in their way) are good things too; and, without them, liberty is not a benefit whilst it lasts, and is not likely to continue long. The effect of liberty to individuals is, that they may do what they please: We ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.”
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Just a side note.
The movie “50Shades” had a VERY brief (pun intended!) run around here...barely(!) made it past the Valentine’s Day weekend. It would seem that all of its intended audience saw it in its first showing, and then...nothing.
However, “American Sniper” is STILL going strong, even though all the other screens in the Cineplex have changed their offerings more than once already.
It’s not important, but it made me feel good, anyway. :-)
Yeah, 50 Shades was trash and deserved its quick exit.
No matter how scandalous a movie(or play, or opera) is, if it is fine art...it will survive. (Both “Carmen” and “La Traviata” were considered extremely risque for their time!)
On the other hand, trash is trash, and no matter how scandalous it is, if it has no other qualities, it will go the way of the dinosaur rather quickly.
Burke is one of my heroes.
It’s fair to point out that he wrote his “Reflections” long before the Revolution went off the rails and headed off down the Terror Road. They were still pretty much at the constitutional monarchy stage. All the Founders were still supporting it.
Burke was unbelievably prescient, given that nobody had ever seen a Revolution of this type before. He essentially predicted the next 25 years in 1790.
He also supported the principles behind the American Revolution, though not their war against UK.
I’m a fan of Burke as well. Sadly, not many today are familiar with his “prescience.”
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