tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post5112929633087934459..comments2023-09-16T03:06:44.703-07:00Comments on III Percent: The Nation's PulseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-78407045056027084212013-01-23T04:42:45.408-08:002013-01-23T04:42:45.408-08:00"There is a much bigger story unfolding."..."There is a much bigger story unfolding."<br /><br />Believe it. Following is a comment verbatim that I sent so SSI. I don't know if it'll show there or not, but I think it captures the principles involved adequately.<br /><br />--------------------------------<br /><br />The Citadel is important because it's an attempt by individuals to say, "This is how I choose to live," AND THEN DO IT! It doesn't matter WHO the people are. It doesn't matter if they're nice people, lousy people, scammers, racists, peaceniks, gun lovers, drug users or Bible thumpers. NONE OF THAT MATTERS.<br /><br />ALL that matters is that they are individuals who wish to live as they choose and NOT impose their wishes on ANYONE else. Don't like 'em? Stay away from them. Don't like the rules? Don't join. Until and unless they impose their values or desires on others--and that can only be done physically, of course--then who they are or what they do IS NOBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS. Period, already. PERIOD. That's what this country was once all about and if THESE people aren't free to live how THEY wish, then neither are you.<br /><br />Enough is enough. THIS is the principle involved...not personal opinions, not the country, not the Constitution, not patriotism, not anything except people's LIVES. Think about it...how pompous must a person be, from any "side," to think that their beliefs or wishes could possibly be worth more than other people's lives?<br /><br />It doesn't sound so high and noble when it's worded that way, eh? But that's what's going on and that's ALL that's going on. I hope the Citadel folk get exactly what they want. But even if they don't, all the "freedom mongers" out there better wake the hell up to what the principles are.<br /><br />This is why the Bad Guys are winning in a rout. The Good Guys can't even figure out what they're fighting for. Sheesh.Jim Kleinnoreply@blogger.com