http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2010/07/27/opinion/doc4c4eef3ba60a6898566173.txtLETTER: ‘Responding to letter’
Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:52 AM CDT
To the Editor,
No, I am not afraid. Nor am I scared yet. Nor shall I ever be in regards to my country’s strength, resiliency or existence. I have a few questions for the one who asked though.
It was suggested that we are losing our basic liberties and freedoms. We’re always losing those things! Where this time? Any particular freedom lost in say, the last two or three years? Any constitutionally guaranteed liberty evoked forcefully by the”Socialist New World Order” while we were so engrossed in our mundane daily activities? The calling was for that Mr. Whiteheads column, a view which represents a singular point of view, be “required reading,” as was,. hmmm ... maybe Mein Kampf in its day and its reverence to the society which it was forced on. The urging for all of us to understand our candidate’s philosophies and beliefs before they get our vote is correct. The saying that it is the “ only way to correct the present system except another revolution” is premising that any other method is ineffective and that, in my opinion, is restrictive of our freedom to disagree. (That first amendment thing, James.)
Now to the ridiculous, at best, statements about the Supreme Court justices being forcibly retired at 70 because of their “senility.” Why not 60? Maybe 50? Hey, let them party like they’re 99. Is a person unable to grasp the magnitude or see the application of the constitution to the case in front of them at 71? Do they have to be a conservative Republican of 55 that wears a flag pin, buys gold from Beck’s sponser and reads ShakesPalin while watching Fox News in order to understand and give the best ruling of constitutional law on any case? Any other requirement while we’re here? Cup of tea? And do they disregard any other dead weight of society as determined by some in a manner they also choose appropriate. My grandmother excelled in university level classes well into her late 80s. The late John Wooden coached championship basketball very late in his life. The observations and rationale presented by he who authored them on the subject is, well, beyond any reasonably accepted standard of credibility. Perhaps.
Mr Whitehead and his ilk use their intellects and opinions on present day subjects to place their ideas and slant of political affiliation into the minds of those who in blind obedience concur without exercising their own reasoning processes out of laziness or habit just sell their books and columns. Some buy what their harking. Some do not. However that is my opinion. No different in value or better of Mr. Whiteheads’ or any ones. Well, then again.
The point being that all opinions are of equal value and it is the consolidation of those opinions of varied content that maximizes the liberty we all share. Again some pay others for supplying those opinions. Others opinions are organic to themselves. All are needed.
Do some amongst us believe that those who founded this country were afraid? That those who fought the revolution, a very liberal idea of it’s time, and gave their lives so we can taste the sweet winds of freedom were scared of the idea of what they were doing?.Do our brave troops that protect our liberties daily, flinching in the stinging rains of doubt, see that remaining true to their country as their duty? Do we stand up for our country with whatever government freely elected by Americans that is incarnate, or whine as the adolescent in the backseat wanting to drive? Do we stand solidly in confidence against the ever changing winds of conflict and difficulty that we as a nation must endure as we move forward into a better future? Do we believe, unequivocally, that the dream that is America will stand forever, that truth deep in our hearts, or succumb to the falsehoods created for the purpose of domination by the imaginations of others? Do we put our efforts into promoting fear and false possibility that undermines the will of our great country? Or do we stregnthen her foundation with our depth of our character and bravery? Do we stand as tall as the times dictate, as we have in the past and will in the future? Or slink along the floor like some lower class invertebrate,hoping to drag everyone down to that level? What choice will you make?
America is proud of you. Return the favor.
Alan Fox,
Waxahachie