Wednesday, October 16, 2013
A Jacobin (Zack Johnson)
A young boy sits on the floor on Christmas day. His eyes widen as the sight of his seemingly innumerable gifts envelop him. As soon as his parents wake, he dives into the vast pile, trying on his new breeches, tinkering with his new musket. Yet, as quickly as the joy that had enveloped him had come, it is suddenly stolen from him. His father shoves him aside, picks up his new possessions and hurls them into the furnace. The boy's eyes well up with dissapointed tears but are contained by his desire to appear strong. Yet, despite this masking of his feelings, they still lie within him, forever burning. In fact, suppression only kindles them further. Someday, they will bubble over and burst in a rage of vengeance. All because of dismantled Christmas gifts. The case of freedom is the same. It is the Christmas gift that every citizen of our beautiful country desires, no matter how suppressed that feeling. While order, efficiency, and security appear to benefit society in the short term, those ideals symbolize the destroyer of the nation's greatest Christmas gift. The oppression of freedom for these ideals creates a bubbling rage similar to that of the child. Someday it will embody a revolution. Thus, the only way to ensure the nation's long-term well-being is to fight for liberty, freedom, and fraternity, no matter the cost. The ends justify the means.
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Hobbes (Michael Kowalski)
ReplyDeleteThe clear answer to your metaphor is that it if he never received those gifts in the first place he would not no what he was missing. Thus is the same way in life, if the people never had the right in the first place all would be well and the "boy would be thankful for what he had been given and not what he had lost. When arguing one must thing from the end and beginning of an argument.
A Jacobin (Zack Johnson)
ReplyDeleteI admit that your argument holds some validity. That is, if we lived in a completely isolated area with no outside contact. And unfortunately for you and your misguided opinions, we don't. We live on a diverse planet, chock full of a range of cultures and governmental systems. It is literally impossible to envision a world united under a single overarching government; issues that are prevalent in one place are a non-issue in another. Thus, how would one prioritize one over the other? Due to this fact, Earth has innumerable governments and systems of rules and regulations. One is not necessarily better; they are just different. Along with these differences comes at least one single society that is awarded with the gift of freedom. And that is all it takes, just one. After that, with contact with that society other regions will see this system and recognize the gift that has been stolen from them. It is human nature to envy those around us and desire for what others have. Freedom is no different. The same bursts of rage will inevitably occur. Unless you propose wiping out the entire earth and creating one unified tyranny, then the only way to ensure the prosperity of society in the long-term is to award the people the gift of freedom in the first place.
Hobbes
DeleteWith your statement "It is literally impossible to envision a world united under a single overarching government; issues that are prevalent in one place are a non-issue in another". In saying this, how can you have the idea of a nation at all? Countries are exactly what you describe. The northern part of the country wants free heat because it's colder than the south. This is why I have disregarded this point and implore you to return when you have something thats will suffice, and merit the effort to refute it. However back to your analogy, the child realizes that his better off neighbors will always get better toys. More often than not the child comes to terms with this and accepts it to be true and then proceed to be thankful for what he did get, as that is all his parents could afford provide. Yet, there will always be the wretched imps who cry and pout because of jealousy, giving in to their evil nature, and demand more than can be provided. These brats deserve nothing during the holiday season and are asking for physical retribution for their ingratitude. Again return once you can properly refute a point.
Royal Family Member (Ben Acker)
ReplyDeleteWhere is your evidence of these governments that gave their peoples freedom? Many of you lower peasants refused to partake in the power of education and foreign communication. Our world has been the same for hundreds of years. The people have served their rulers, and received benefits and protection for their services. They keep themselves in order, we provide security, and the system remains efficient. Why must you attempt to fix something that isn't broken?