Bfgrn
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And there we have it.
The REAL difference between LIB v CON.
I must admit that I vascilate my sympathy between trusting the will of the people and not trusting the will of the people.
What I really know is that power corrupts and those with power will become drunk on it.
Doesn't matter what class they started out in, the social/legal/economic powers given to them are much like the RINGS OF TOLKEIN.
Their use of those powers ultimately makes them become evil.
If you want to make most good men evil?
Give them great power and responsibility.
Not all...
Yeah, that's a fair objection Bf. I was speaking generally, not specifically.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Very true.
Abraham Lincoln
Case in point.
Beset with what appeared to be an insurmountable problem, Abe's response was WAR.
Often the greatest evil done by man to man, is done with the best of intentions.
Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.