Vastator
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For years, and Years we’ve been taught that we are a nation “For the People, of the People, and by the People.” Yet look how far we’ve fallen...
For decades, if not generations we free people have abrogated our authority, to councils, commissions, and appointees. And we have been, and currently are paying the price for this apathy. The current troubles we face now are all but a foregone conclusion, and a sobering example of what happens when free men cede liberty, and authority to others; the hopes of gaining safety, and security. Real life however doesn’t work that way. Power, and authority can only be satiated with one thing. “More”.
Many of the “free people” (and I use this phrase loosely, if not mockingly) of our nation have finally begun to tell this beast “No”. “No more”. And the response has been nothing short of a full blown psychotic tantrum from the beast. With responses ranging from hard core beat downs, to complete dismissiveness. The classic passive/aggressive strategy... But I digress...
In a nation “of the People, for the People, and by the People”; the only righteous authority comes from the consent of the “governed”. And under such rule we may find it convenient to empower certain citizens to act as instruments of the public will. However in life certain events are so sobering, serious, and permanent, that the very concept of self governance demands that judgment of this event must be drawn directly from the people. Not an elected official. Not an appointee. Not a committee.
Such a situation exists when one amongst us, takes the life of another. For too long have we allowed Governmental instruments to decide for us, whether a killing was “justified”, or worthy of our scrutiny. That apathy being so firmly entrenched that it has become accepted policy, is what got us here. Only by seizing back our authority to be the judge in such a serious event... Every time. For everyone. NO EXCEPTIONS! Only then can we again brag about being a nation “of the People, for the People, and by the People.
For decades, if not generations we free people have abrogated our authority, to councils, commissions, and appointees. And we have been, and currently are paying the price for this apathy. The current troubles we face now are all but a foregone conclusion, and a sobering example of what happens when free men cede liberty, and authority to others; the hopes of gaining safety, and security. Real life however doesn’t work that way. Power, and authority can only be satiated with one thing. “More”.
Many of the “free people” (and I use this phrase loosely, if not mockingly) of our nation have finally begun to tell this beast “No”. “No more”. And the response has been nothing short of a full blown psychotic tantrum from the beast. With responses ranging from hard core beat downs, to complete dismissiveness. The classic passive/aggressive strategy... But I digress...
In a nation “of the People, for the People, and by the People”; the only righteous authority comes from the consent of the “governed”. And under such rule we may find it convenient to empower certain citizens to act as instruments of the public will. However in life certain events are so sobering, serious, and permanent, that the very concept of self governance demands that judgment of this event must be drawn directly from the people. Not an elected official. Not an appointee. Not a committee.
Such a situation exists when one amongst us, takes the life of another. For too long have we allowed Governmental instruments to decide for us, whether a killing was “justified”, or worthy of our scrutiny. That apathy being so firmly entrenched that it has become accepted policy, is what got us here. Only by seizing back our authority to be the judge in such a serious event... Every time. For everyone. NO EXCEPTIONS! Only then can we again brag about being a nation “of the People, for the People, and by the People.