This joke is sort of revealing about how the supporters of American Empire oppose the values of American Democracy such as free speech and tolerance, doesn't it?
The idea that it is somehow admirable for somebody to physically attack somebody for expressing ideas is rather primitive, pre-medieval, in fact, when they believed that bad ideas must be tested, and defeated by good ideas (that is why in theological debate they appointed a "devil's advocate" - somebody who would argue heresy, so that the champions of orthodoxy had ot build a winning argument to counter it.
Now, apparently, the United States is moving rapidly backwards through time; the Constitution, the Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus - as if they never existed or have yet to come into being, we cudgel our ideological opponents like cavemen, and preen and laugh over our deficits.
Yes, here in America we no longer have ideas, only force. We all know where this will lead, so like little children huddled in the dark, we try to bolster our courage by telling each other fairy tales like this one about the mighty warrior who who uses his fists to silence the frail, no doubt elderly (certainly on his way to extinction) man of ideas. It's an apt metaphor for America in the time of the Caesars, is it not?
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The idea that it is somehow admirable for somebody to physically attack somebody for expressing ideas is rather primitive, pre-medieval, in fact, when they believed that bad ideas must be tested, and defeated by good ideas (that is why in theological debate they appointed a "devil's advocate" - somebody who would argue heresy, so that the champions of orthodoxy had ot build a winning argument to counter it.
Now, apparently, the United States is moving rapidly backwards through time; the Constitution, the Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus - as if they never existed or have yet to come into being, we cudgel our ideological opponents like cavemen, and preen and laugh over our deficits.
Yes, here in America we no longer have ideas, only force. We all know where this will lead, so like little children huddled in the dark, we try to bolster our courage by telling each other fairy tales like this one about the mighty warrior who who uses his fists to silence the frail, no doubt elderly (certainly on his way to extinction) man of ideas. It's an apt metaphor for America in the time of the Caesars, is it not?
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Rick REED <arexar4@yahoo.com > wrote:
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A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments.He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came in.He looked to the ceiling and flatly 'stated, 'God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform.I'll give you exactly 15 min.
The lecture room fell silent.You could hear a pin drop.Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed,
'Here I am God.I'm still waiting.'
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him, knocking him off the platform.The professor was out cold.The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently.The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the matter with you? Why did you do that?'
The Marine calmly replied, 'God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid stuff and act like an idiot.
So, He sent me!!!!THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING!!!!
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