I’ve enjoyed our discussion on this thread, too. It’s been refreshing.
I hadn’t thought of “unalienable” in quite those terms before, until you just pointed out that they are rights that can’t be relinquished any more than they can be taken. That actually makes alot of sense.
Your Founding Fathers were indeed very wise men with magnificent vision.
You write:
> BTW, aren’t you going to become a Yank soon? I mean, apart from in spirit, a technically and officially gooberment documented Yank?
I would do it in a heart-beat, except that three other Nations hold prior claim on my Loyalty. I am a Citizen of Canada and the UK by birth, and of New Zealand by Naturalization.
The United States (I believe) would require me to relinquish these loyalties were I to become a Citizen of the US, as I have been told that the US does not permit the concept of Dual Citizenship. I don’t feel I could jettison my loyalties like that with any good conscience: as a Patriot that’s just not something I am able to do.
So instead I do the next best thing, and resolve to be the very best and most loyal friend that America could possibly ask for. I have a feeling that America will need a few of us in the coming years.
God Bless America
*DieHard*
It does! That's how it hit me. It's one of those things that was right there in front of your eyes all along. So natural that you just don't notice it until someone points it out. Then you slap your forehead and say "Of course! How else could it be?"
It's beautiful! In a few words they set the whole basis for the being of our nation unto a Realm that can't be touched by the weaselly minds of men.
The Declaration of Independence is a document of temporal liberation. It clarifies, without mistake, the limits of temporal authority over any and every man. It establishes, in the spirit of its meaning, a constituency of men who recognize no final authority over a man's life existent from this world but existent nonetheless. In that great constituency, with and begun by our Founding Fathers, should any man find his right to exist as a free and sovereign individual of good conscience challenged by man or state, he will be in good company should he stand his ground to the bitter end.
I don’t feel I could jettison my loyalties like that with any good conscience: as a Patriot that’s just not something I am able to do.
Understood. Such ties should not be severed for light and transient reasons. I thought I had read that you were considering it. You are a Yank patriot at heart which is more than can be said for many native born Americans. Your friendship will be needed and hopefully appreciated.
The DoI. It's not just about America. It is about every man.