by 68Camaro » Sat May 05, 2012 7:30 am
Wow - that sucks. I really dislike (to put it mildly) the direction of this country. In return for "safety" of "Homeland Security", we've given up most of our liberty and privacy. I'm for some reasonable security, but we've lost the balance and turned into a big brother nanny state. Unfortunately it seems to be a true law of social thermodynamics - there is an inherent tendency of humanity over time to move toward false promises of wealth and security, being willing to sacrifice their personal responsibilty and liberty in the process. Thus the limited life of any given civilization before it collapses and has to reset.
In the game of Woke, the goal posts can be moved at any moment, the penalties will apply retroactively and claims of fairness will always lose out to the perpetual right to claim offense.... Bret Stephens
The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it. George Orwell.
We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand.