Good evening, Dave! Thanks for the "step back and look at the big picture" posting. I wonder if one small part of the reason that this country has managed to return to being "Americans" after an election is that the election is followed in close order by "Count your blessings" Thanksgiving and "Remember what is REALLY important" Christmas.
> I am stunned at how many people do not understand the meaning of history. > The recent poll among Americans that suggests that almost HALF of all > Americans believe we, as a nation, should restrict the civil liberties of > Muslims living in the United States makes a statement that not only do > most Americans not understand history, they do not care about it, either. I'm afraid I miss the allusion, here. I certainly agree that it is a bad idea to restrict the civil liberties of Muslims, but I'm not sure I understand what history you are referring to. > We have become what we fear most-- a petulant band of miscreants who > refuse to admit the Muslim faith was here, active and vibrant for nearly > 2000 years *before* we invented God in our own image. Uhm. Are you confusing Judaism with Islam? Mohammed didn't arrive on the scene until the 6th century, AD--approximately 6 centuries AFTER the events celebrated by Christmas. Also, America has had its run-ins with radical muslims before. Remember the "Barbary pirates"? The Marine Hymn gets it's "shores of Tripoli" line. > History decrees that those who refuse to learn the lessons of history and > liberty neither deserve nor will long keep their liberties. While that > vast statement is probably open to debate, and probably will be argued > until long after the end of my life, the fact remains that history seems > to prove the statement's accuracy. However, to this statement I add > several things that its original author(s) forgot to add: I believe it was George Santanya who wrote that "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce." Lowell C. Savage It's the freedom, stupid! Gun control: tyrants' tool, fools' folly. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
