Okay… I already posted this in my LJ… but… it was too good for me not to share it with everyone. Watch as I copy/paste it verbatum. =p
Oh man… all I wanted was a box of cracker jacks. All I wanted was some stinking cracker jacks… I didn’t want pro-war propaganda with it.
I ate the cracker jacks with relish (eww… not THAT kind of relish… doesn’t go with cracker jacks) and… I opened the prize.
Its a sticker.
But not just any sticker.
This sticker had a dog. A humanoid dog, flexing his big muscle (which has a tattoo of a bald eagle), looking menacingly towards the opener of the prize. Behind him is an American flag. Below him, in big red letters:
“FREEDOM ISN’T FREE.”
Hip hip hooray for war profiteering.
Of all things politics had to ruin… my fucking cracker jacks prize… sniffle
I could just imagine somebody being moved by this sticker:
“You know, I could go for some popcorn and peanuts covered in caramel. WHAT IS THIS?! Hmmm, I have been convinced by this sticker with a muscular dog on it that freedom is, in fact, not free and I should join the army!”
Originally posted by Alyx I agree… nod nod Thats a dumb sticker anyway, what happened to getting little toys? What, and force the company to spend money? On something worth paying for?
Originally posted by Cybercompost Freedom is a right for all human beings. Period. There is no argument here.
Altruistic as that statement may be, it is impossible to give total freedom to all human beings. For instance, a person’s freedom to live conflicts with a murderer’s freedom to kill. Now no sane person is going to think that a murderer’s freedom to kill is worth protecting, that’s an extreme example. But you have to recognize that whenever you grant one freedom, you take another away.
A favorite quote of mine on the subject comes from John C. Calhoun: “It is foolish to assume that all people are equally entitled to freedom”. It’s a pretty vague quote, I’ll admit. Actually, Calhoun used it in his argument in favor of slavery, so I’m not even using it the way the original speaker intended it. But I see it as meaning: freedoms can’t just be given away left and right, for the reason I gave in the first paragraph.
That is a little different, Kero. Perhaps I should clarify, though.
Everyone should have the right to live life with as little restrictions as possible. Murder, rape, and assault should obviously not be protected. As long as we have property there should be no theft, et cetera.
Generally, we should be free to live, love, think, and make choices (good or bad, and accepting the consequences- which could be incarceration [ick] or rehabilitation).
What, and force the company to spend