Diverse and Contradictory: Give Me Liberty.... A Call for everyone to be Heard

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Give Me Liberty.... A Call for everyone to be Heard

An editorial in USA Today titled American Inquisition, is the first direct call to disarm our runaway loss of individual rights and liberty that I've seen in the mainstream media.

It compares our current situation with that of the Spanish Inquisition rather eloquently. Despite what many believe are the political leanings of USA Today, we should read the undercurrent that lead to the ability to print this.

Seemingly unrelated: according to Technorati's latest report, the number of Blogs is doubling every 6 months and a new Blog is created every second. The state of Politics in the US is one of the largest and fastest growing topics, even in personal and non-political blogs.

Why are the two related?

Because the fight against the Inquisition started in the blogosphere, and it's membership is growing.

Because there is a voice that can be given to the concerns of all people in the world of the blog.

Every blogger is, to some extent, an individualist. They share their voice with the world in the hopes that someone may listen, but not necessarily caring if anyone does. The voices are the collective cry of the human population. Some louder than others, but all poignant in what they represent.

USA Today's editorial isn't the first on the subject. It's not even the first to use the comparison. Bloggers were there first. Little voices aching to be heard.

As Americans finally wake up to what has been going on since the opportunistic takeover after 9/11, those voices will become louder.

I'm calling on every individualist everywhere - say something! Say Anything! I don't care if you are liberal, conservative, centrist, Republican, Democratic, Independent, Libertarian, extremist, moderate, optimist, pessimist, realist, intellectual, reactionary, proactive, or any other adjective I've missed.

SAY SOMETHING! Be Heard!

I'll leave you with a few quotes:

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato, Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC)

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. - Dante Alighieri, Italian national epic poet (1265 - 1321)

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. - George Orwell, English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)

Find your voice and speak out! It may be the last right you have. Use it to your dying breath.

Peace,

Matt

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That personal privacy is the most fundamental human right.

That having power does not mean you should use it.

That compassion is a value, not a political position.

That respect for life has no room in it for hate.

That every human being should own a weapon and be trained how to use it safely.

That no one should be punished for trying to feed their family.

That the land you take care of is yours and you have the right and responsibility to defend it to the death.

That pacifists should be well armed.

That those who don’t want to work should not be legally protected from those who do.

That deficit spending is not fiscally conservative.

That any budget that requires additional funding is not balanced.

That personal responsibility is part of basic human nature, and losing it requires deliberate training.

That no person, organization, department, office, or role is above the law.

That a law with exceptions is not legitimate.

That anyone who speaks in my name should check with me first.

That it is the height of arrogance to start a sentence with, 'The American People want [believe] [are]…'.

That stupidity is the only human handicap.

That organizations should not be anthropomorphized.

That a good conspiracy theory can provide hours of entertainment.

That declaring war on an adjective shouldn’t invoke the War Powers Act.

That anyone who takes some of my liberty in order to protect it is not working in my best interests.

That the good of society starts with the good of the individual.

That no one person has the right to decide what the greater good is, unless they are the only one who has to sacrifice for it.

That someone who has “paid their debt to society” should be welcomed back.

That a business culture that does not value its people isn’t a culture.

That looking for responsibility is not the same as looking for blame.

That an apology goes a long way towards fixing the problem.

That giving people what they need is not necessarily the same as giving them what they want.

That anyone who wants to hold a political office is automatically unqualified.

That bargaining away one value for another is not a bargain.

That your personal integrity is the one commodity that no one can take from you.

That declaring your opponent “evil” doesn’t make it so.

That silence is not necessarily assent, but it’s often functional assent.

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Give Me Liberty.... A Call for everyone to be Heard

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