I think it was Partick Henry who said that you have to act like liberty is a precious jewel that you have to defend from those trying to steal it.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Fw: Let's Settle This - The results are in!
I was arguing--passionately--with Paul about Free Speech. I put it to the audience.
----- Forwarded Message -----From: "Let's Settle This" <no-reply@letssettlethis.com>To: "wramier@yahoo.com" <wramier@yahoo.com>Sent: Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 6:00 PMSubject: Let's Settle This - The results are in!
The results are in! Brother 2 received 100% of the votes. It's settled!
Situation: My brother and I were having a debate about free speech. He said that you shouldn't have the right to say something if it hurts somebody else. He continued to counter with the statement that people can not be trusted with freedom of speech. I see it as a step toward totalitarianism. Who gets to decide what is okay, what is hurt, how to punish?
Brother 1: It should be illegal to say certain things.
Brother 2: Freedom of speech is an extension of freedom of thought, otherwise you are in the closet and persecuted for beliefs.
You Can Have Too Much Freedom
Is there a more repugnant phrase? I don't believe the Marquis de Lafayette went far enough. With his except whens peppered throughout his declaration, he effectively neutralized it. I thought Jefferson did a much better job with his so long as stays within the boundary drawn around you by others clause. But, even that doesn't go far enough. I would say, not limited by law, not limited by others, your liberty should only be limited if it reduces the liberty of others, no other reason is ethical. That makes me a radical.
Friday, May 5, 2023
Liberty!
I have an urge to start a little lawn library. It's a thought which will not depart. I'm thinking of buying ten paperbacks to stock it, and I'm trying to make that short list. Here's what I have so far:
💠Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
💠1984, George Orwell
💠Animal Farm, George Orwell
💠Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
💠A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovish, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
💠Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell
💠Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson
💠Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Marquis de Lafayette
I need a few more, possibly a few different. Thoughts?
The thought has crossed my mind that there is a high probability in my socialist neighbors setting the thing on fire.
Fw: Socialist Workers Paradise
I am pretty upset with the stupidity of those who lead. How much? Enough that I sent this message to the Minister of Health.
----- Forwarded Message -----From: "William Ramier" <wramier@yahoo.com>To: "jean-yves.duclos@parl.gc.ca" <jean-yves.duclos@parl.gc.ca>Cc: "stephen.ellis@parl.gc.ca" <stephen.ellis@parl.gc.ca>Sent: Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 9:33 PMSubject: Socialist Workers ParadiseHon. Jean-Yves Duclos:It isn't real, this paradise. Regarding the Perspectives on Climate Change and Public Health in Canada report: Fire Dr. Tam, if she doesn't reject this report's findings, as well as the authors of the report.To quote Dr. Milton Friedman:In the only cases in which the masses have escaped from the kind of grinding poverty you're talking about, the only cases in recorded history, are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade. [...] So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear, that there is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by the free-enterprise system.To paraphrase Dr. Thomas Sowell, he said that when he made the mistake of becoming a Marxist as a young man, it was in part because there was no good explanation from the other side as to what caused disparity in wealth.As I paraphrase former President Ronald Reagan, who once pointed out, some people cannot look at a large man standing beside a small man without coming to the conclusion that the large man became that way by taking from the small man.But, Karl Marx was wrong: Paraphrasing Dr. Jordan Peterson, wealth disparity isn't the fault of Capitalism; it is due to Price's Law.To borrow an idea from Frederick Douglass, Socialism is the slavery of everyone to the group. It is not the answer.Communism has never worked anywhere it has been tried.According to Vladimir Lenin, "The goal of Socialism is Communism."Capitalism has lead to innovation and lifted the masses out of crushing debilitating poverty.Sincerely,William Ramier176 McNab St.Stratford ON N5A 1Z4
Woke Mob
No longer confined to elites teaching at Marxist universities and their graduates becoming government policy makers, feminism is running amok in my workplace. In a society where 51% of the population is female, Postmodernists and Neo-Marxists are cultivating a mindset of perpetual victimhood. It's a good gig, if you think about it. Leftist lawmakers convince--via identity politics--a majority of the population that they are victimized, and there they have their useless idiot voter base.
In an office where there are six women and four men, I am routinely exposed to conversation including everything from their vaginas and their underwear to how much they hate men and how useless we (men) are. And, they do it with impunity. If I talked with the men about my c0c|< being swollen or how I liked boxers so my ba11$ could swing free, it would be a sexual harassment claim. Why is it okay to talk about speckulems and paps? It's not work, to be clear; it's society. If I said women are irrational and overly emotional and can't make logical decisions, it would be a discrimination claim. Why is it okay to say boldly and proudly that men are too neanderthal to understand how to be good parents? I can only imagine how the women in the 50s and 60s must have felt in the workplace, being called Toots and being talked about like they weren't even in the room. It was totally harassment to say that a broad's place is in the kitchen.
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