That much of America's Founding is mythology and Orwellian notwithstanding, my query was with the NOW.
Regard$,
--MJ
"The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty -- and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies. It is, indeed, only the exceptional man that can stand it. The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe ... " -- H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Evening Sun, February 12, 1923
At 02:48 PM 7/2/2017, you wrote:
Naaah MJ;--
We go through this about every other Independence Day with ya.....Go sip a few Budweisers, watch some fire works, and get into the spirit of things!Â
(Bill's message is well documented, truthful and something that we all should be thankful for! I appreciate him sharing the reminder with us again this year!)
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 8:41 AM, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
- Remember: freedom is never free! We thank these early patriots, as
- well as those patriots now fighting to KEEP our freedom!
WHO (allegedly) are these people? Regard$, --MJ "The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty -- and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies. It is, indeed, only the exceptional man that can stand it. The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe ... " -- H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Evening Sun, February 12, 1923 -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum  * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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