quote from Ayn Rand on Creeping Tyranny
Jerry
in the world right now. Do something about it while you can.
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No tyranny in history has ever been established overnight. The
method of dictators has always been a slow, gradual, well-calculated
series of measures, each one of them seemingly innocent enough, easily
alibied and explained by the ruler as embodying the best intentions in
the world, and not one of them clear, direct and sufficiently flagrant
to make the entire people – every single man on the street – realize
that it affects him personally.
Each measure is passed without great trouble or violent public
opposition because the average man does not see at the time, how it
can possibly affect his own existence ... . Then, one day, he awakens
suddenly to realize all his rights and liberties are gone. He cannot
say exactly how or when it happened. He sees only the cumulative
effect of single measures he did not consider important at the time he
accepted them. He may be horrified and he may want to scream in
protest. But it is too late to protest.
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Errol
> No tyranny in history has ever been established overnight. The
> method of dictators has always been a slow, gradual, well-calculated
> series of measures, each one of them seemingly innocent enough, easily
> alibied and explained by the ruler as embodying the best intentions in
> the world, and not one of them clear, direct and sufficiently flagrant
> to make the entire people – every single man on the street – realize
> that it affects him personally.
> Each measure is passed without great trouble or violent public
> opposition because the average man does not see at the time, how it
> can possibly affect his own existence ... . Then, one day, he awakens
> suddenly to realize all his rights and liberties are gone. He cannot
> say exactly how or when it happened. He sees only the cumulative
> effect of single measures he did not consider important at the time he
> accepted them. He may be horrified and he may want to scream in
> protest. But it is too late to protest.
>
Exactly how G Dubbya's patriot act has removed your constitutional
rights and freedoms.
The US Supreme Court asked;-
“Does the Constitution permit Executive officials to detain an
American citizen indefinitely in military custody in the United
States, hold him essentially incommunicado and deny him access to
counsel, with no opportunity to question the factual basis for his
detention before any impartial tribunal...”
Zerkon
> No tyranny in history has ever been established overnight.
Not correct. It take only a few mins. to install a TV or radio.
Jerry
"Judge Napolitano: Why The Patriot Act is Unconstitutional."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNRSs6LsGeI
Zerkon
> Ayn Rand describes exactly what is happening in the world right now.
"Many married women are obsessed by their lovers and get very angry when
they get dumped by them. Yes, I am an objectivist, he was my object and
so keep your hands off or your Atlas will do more than just shrug!"