Borrowed trouble
The Libertarian Enterprise
by Lady Liberty
07/09/06
Over the course of the years, Americans have fought and died for freedom. But the reality of it is that they weren't so much fighting for themselves as they were for themselves and their posterity. Freedom, like some other things, is only momentarily meaningful if it's not passed on. So it's perfectly legitimate to suggest that the freedom you and I enjoy today (such as it is) is freedom we're only using until we can pass it on to the next generation. ... We're bad borrowers. We're returning freedoms to the next generation that, after our use, have been damaged almost beyond repair. The broken strands of liberty have only haphazardly been collected up and, in the little container to which we've relegated real freedom, could likely not even be used to put together the whole of the original Bill of Rights the first generation of Americans believed that all were entitled to own merely by virtue of birth...
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle375-20060709-04.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Lady Liberty
07/09/06
Over the course of the years, Americans have fought and died for freedom. But the reality of it is that they weren't so much fighting for themselves as they were for themselves and their posterity. Freedom, like some other things, is only momentarily meaningful if it's not passed on. So it's perfectly legitimate to suggest that the freedom you and I enjoy today (such as it is) is freedom we're only using until we can pass it on to the next generation. ... We're bad borrowers. We're returning freedoms to the next generation that, after our use, have been damaged almost beyond repair. The broken strands of liberty have only haphazardly been collected up and, in the little container to which we've relegated real freedom, could likely not even be used to put together the whole of the original Bill of Rights the first generation of Americans believed that all were entitled to own merely by virtue of birth...
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle375-20060709-04.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 12. Jul, 15:39
