Posted on 09/04/2009 1:26:31 PM PDT by BJClinton
Perhaps you can point out in the Bible where money is the ultimate reward. Or maybe you can point out in the Bible where the “community” or the “state” is repsonisbile for the actions of individuals? I haven’t found that in there yet.
Of course they are your brother. But for the grace of God, they could be you. Nothing, save a fine-gauge notion of justice, is preventing you from being falsely accused of a crime. Not your loud protestations of helplessness, not your rant of innocence, not your social standing, not your gender, not the color of your skin, whatever that color may be. If a crooked set of cops and a crooked D. A. pick your name out of the hat, you're screwed, even if you are exonerated later.
You seem to be hung up on the meaning of responsibility. It doesn't mean you or I "played a role" in the wrongful convictions of strangers far away; we played no part in the wrong that was done to these men. Our responsibility lies in perpetuating an environment that allows such events to take place, either by action or inaction.
We, each of us, are the government. It's not supposed to be imposed on us; it's something we are supposed to actively participate in. That's why people are attending town halls, why people are so incensed by Congresscritters shoving laws they've not read down our throats. You may not get your way, but you damn well should have your say.
We have no power to affect events, and won’t, until enough real Americans are ready to man the barricades.
The two clauses of your statement are contradictory, and both are incorrect. We have plenty of power to affect events. Sarah Palin sat down at a computer, typed in a FaceBook article, and helped change the face of a political debate.
If there's a "sodomite" in a grade-school classroom, and you know about it, what have you done to remove said sodomite? Spoken to the principal? Written a letter to the school board? Apprised other parents of the problem? Removed your child from that classroom? As fond as I am of guns, a bullet is not the optimum solution to every problem --- at least, not in a law-abiding society. My daddy often spoke about the power of the squeaky wheel, and he was right. A lot of actions short of physical violence work quite well to fix problems.
I can’t even figure out if I should make a big deal out of the Bamtard’s speech, or just keep my offspring home ...
Have you contacted your school to see what they're doing about the speech? You might be surprised at the answer you get. Regardless, why can't you decide? Either you care, one way or the other, about the man's speech, or you don't care. "Not able to decide" is a crab-step.
... there’s not a bloody thing I can do to keep leftist scum from passing the bar exam and being elected or appointed as judges.
You can make a written statement to your Senator, protesting the appointment of said leftist scum to a judgeship. Your letter may move the Senator to vote against the offensive nominee, or your letter may go unread; either way, that's not on you. What is on you is that you wrote the letter and did your part. If the Senator is non-responsive, that's not on you; working to help elect another, better Senator is on you.
A college degree, even assuming one could be earned in prison, doesn't do a convicted rapist a whole lotta good.
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