To: C19fan
Taking money to take away other people freedom doesn’t make you a good person, even if you are brave, even if you are good at it.
4 posted on
04/28/2016 8:11:57 AM PDT by
thorvaldr
To: thorvaldr
Taking money to take away other people freedom doesn’t make you a good person, even if you are brave, even if you are good at it.The problem comes with defining freedom for other people. I'm sure there are Iraqis and Afghans who would say that American soldiers are taking away their freedom to do what they want to do.
19 posted on
04/28/2016 8:40:04 AM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
To: thorvaldr
Taking money to take away other people freedom doesn’t make you a good person, even if you are brave, even if you are good at it. Exactly right. The Union should not have invaded and conquered the South. They should have left those people to their independence.
21 posted on
04/28/2016 8:43:06 AM PDT by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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