Posted on 09/16/2002 4:14:03 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
What would I do? Well, it sure wouldn't be a pacifist's part! With thought and deliberation ... react with every fiber of my being to stop the evil plan, by using any means at my disposal. A part of every American went down with those heroes and they will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! &;-)
Interesting semi-racist post.
Your take is that American WASP's are the only folks in the world who can be counted on to do the right thing?
And that Europeans, South Americans, Asians are not really Americans? Even though they are American citizens?
It is said that catastrophes are a matter of pure chance, and there were those who would have said that the passengers of the Comet were not guilty or responsible for the thing that happened to them.The man in Bedroom A, Car No. 1, was a professor of sociology who taught that individual ability is of no consequence, that individual effort is futile, that an individual conscience is a useless luxury, that there is no individual mind or character or achievement, that everything is achieved collectively, and that its masses that count, not men.
The man in Roomette 7, Car No. 2, was a journalist who wrote that it is proper and moral to use compulsion for a good cause, who believed that he had the right to unleash physical force upon othersto wreck lives, throttle ambitions, strangle desires, violate convictions, to imprison, to despoil, to murderfor the sake of whatever he chose to consider his idea of a good cause, which did not even have to be an idea, since he had never defined what he regarded as good, but had merely stated that he went by a feelinga feeling unrestrained by any knowledge, since he considered emotion superior to any knowledge and relied solely on his own good intentions and on the power of the gun.
The woman in Roomette 10, Car No. 3, was an elderly schoolteacher who had spent her life turning class after class of helpless children into miserable cowards, by teaching them that the will of the majority is the only standard of good and evil, that a majority may do anything it pleases, that they must not assert their own personalities, but must do as others were doing.
The man in Drawing Room B, Car No. 4, was a newspaper publisher who believed that men are evil by nature and unfit for freedom, that their basic interests, if left unchecked, are to lie, to rob and to murder one anotherand, therefore, men must be ruled by means of lies, robbery and murder, which must be the exclusive privilege of the rulers, for the purpose of forcing men to work, teaching them to be moral and keeping them within the bounds of order and justice.
The man in Bedroom H, Car No. 5, was a businessman who had acquired his business, an ore mine, with the help of a government loan, under the Equalization of Opportunity Bill.
The man in Drawing Room A, Car No. 6, was a financier who had made a fortune by buying frozen railroad bonds and getting his friends in Washington to defreeze them.
The man in Seat 5, Car No. 7, was a worker who believed that he had a right to a job, whether his employer wanted him or not.
The woman in Roomette 6, Car No. 8, was a lecturer who believed that, as a consumer, she had a right to transportation, whether the railroad people wished to provide it or not.
The man in Roomette 2, Car No. 9, was a professor of economics who advocated the abolition of private property, explaining that intelligence plays no part in material production, that mans mind is conditioned by material tools, that anybody can run a factory or a railroad and its only a matter of seizing the machinery.
The woman in Bedroom D, Car No. 10, was a mother who had put her two children to sleep in the berth above her, carefully tucking them in, protecting them from drafts and jolts; a mother whose husband held a government job enforcing directives, which she defended by saying, I dont care, its only the rich that they hurt. After all, I must think of my children.
The man in Roomette 3, Car No. 11, was a sniveling little neurotic who wrote cheap little plays into which, as a social message, he inserted cowardly little obscenities to the effect that all businessmen were scoundrels.
The woman in Roomette 9, Car No. 12, was a housewife who believed she had the right to elect politicians, of whom she knew nothing, to control giant industries, of which she had no knowledge.
The man in Bedroom F, Car No. 13, was a lawyer who had said, Me? Ill find a way to get along under any political system.
The man in Bedroom A, Car No. 14, was a professor of philosophy who taught that there is no mindhow do you know that the tunnel is dangerous?no realityhow can you prove that the tunnel exists?no logicwhy do you claim that trains cannot move without motive power?no principleswhy should you be bound by the law of cause-and-effect?no rightswhy shouldnt you attach men to their jobs by force?no moralitywhats moral about running a railroad?no absoluteswhat difference does it make to you whether you live or die anyway? He taught that we can know nothingwhy oppose the orders of your superiors?that we can never be certain of anythinghow do you know youre right?that we must act on the expediency of the momentyou dont want to risk your job, do you?
The man in Drawing Room B, Car No. 15, was an heir who had inherited a fortune, and who kept repeating, Why should Rearden be the only one permitted to manufacture Rearden Metal?
The man in Bedroom A, Car No. 16, was a humanitarian who had said, The men of ability? I do not care what or if they are made to suffer. They must be penalized to support the incompetent. Frankly, I do not care whether this is just or not. I take pride in not caring to grant any justice to the able, where mercy to the needy is concerned.
These passengers were awake; there was not a man aboard the train who did not share one or more of their ideas. As the train went into the tunnel, the flame of Wyatts Torch was the last thing they saw on earth.
But the history of the American people, as distinct from her government, has always been to do what needed to be done.
I would like to believe, then, I would act as any other American.
One of your finest, champ.
Do you believe only muslim nut cases should be armed?
Are you in favor of disarming all potential victims including sky marshals?
If you want to commit suicide go ahead, but don't expect the rest of us to join you.
Molon Labe !
RAMPAGE!!!!!!
BillyBob, that is a fantastic article and one that should be required reading for every American.
Thank you.
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