From: Michael Toner (MC1972)
Date: March 1, 2009 1:24:23 PM EST
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings
Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] JASPER JOTTINGS Week 09 – 2009 March 01
On 3/1/09 4:05 AM, “jasperfjohn68″ wrote:
JASPER JOTTINGS Week 09 – 2009 March 01
The DofI (Declaration of Independence) is a “liberal” statement of the rights of the sovereign individual.THe DOWGs (Dead Old White Guys) hit the nail on the head … … “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” That’s a “liberal” agenda!
Dear John,
Those DOWGs weren’t too good on the rights of women and non-whites – so I wouldn’t be too sure what they thought about the unborn.
But I think we should support a totally libertarian view – that the government should stay totally out of what a woman does with her body.
peace
mike toner
bee ‘72
buffalo, ny
[JR: Well, they had their struggles as well. The slavery compromise was made to preserve the "union" against England. Personally, I'm surprised that the idealist Jefferson nor the pragmatist Ben Franklin didn't come up with the "slave buy out" idea. The rest of the world "figured out" slavery without a devastating "civil" war. So the DOWGs were pretty smart, but not infallible. They didn't have the concept of killing unborn children; thus, no idea what they would have thought. Depending if we could come to a national consensus on when life begins, then the government might have some small role in preserving the rights of its littlest citizens. We are so far from that point it's almost inconceivable. (But, an important principle!) The gooferment has totally screwed up education (condemning children to poverty) and foster care (condemning children to abuse). Instead of telling women and their doctors what to do, it should be working on unwinding their involvement in our lives. Instead, they are, like a parasite, worming in further. Argh! Yes, I trust women with these tough decisions more than any gooferment bureaucrat! I just shake my head. And, I don't want to pay for what I view as an immoral behavior (i.e., killing children)! Argh! ]
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