Re: [NOISE] Re: Guardian angels, the decency brigade, and cyberserap
Peter Trei wrote about my signature:
It's this last sig-quote that bothers me. It's worth noting that, unlike the other two, it has no attribution. It looks like an inversion of Benjamin Franklin's:
" They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Historical Review of Pennsylvania
It is an inversion of that quotation and it does indeed sum up our focus. It has no name on it because I switched it around to make a motto for our work. Not that I disagree with Franklin though. The comment is true both ways around.
People usually put in their .sigs quotes they feel sum up their personal philiosophy. I guess soon we'll see 'Gabriel' give us some more words to live by; these may be right up his alley:
"War is Peace" "Ignorance is Strength" "Freedom is Slavery" - Orwell, "1984"
:) As a former teacher at the University of London department of adult studies, teaching history, politics and International Relations I can assure you I am very familiar with the history and belief of totalitarianism - and have opposed them all my life.
Gabriel's also misquoting Burke - the actual text is: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. "
That's not how I have it but hey! Obviously we are dealing here with a man who knows his quotes. Gabriel ********************************************************* "Two people may disagree, but that does not mean that one of them is evil" *********************************************************
angels@wavenet.com wrote:
Peter Trei wrote about my signature:
It's this last sig-quote that bothers me. It's worth noting that, unlike the other two, it has no attribution. It looks like an inversion of Benjamin Franklin's:
" They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Historical Review of Pennsylvania
It is an inversion of that quotation and it does indeed sum up our focus. It has no name on it because I switched it around to make a motto for our work. Not that I disagree with Franklin though. The comment is true both ways around.
No. "Those who sacrifice security for freedom, will have neither" is not consistent with Franklin's statement, nor is it true. Security and freedom are antithetical, and worse than that, security is always an illusion. But you can have your illusion, as long as you keep it out of my life. Censor yourself if you wish, but don't censor anything I might want to look up.
People usually put in their .sigs quotes they feel sum up their personal philiosophy. I guess soon we'll see 'Gabriel' give us some more words to live by; these may be right up his alley:
"War is Peace" "Ignorance is Strength" "Freedom is Slavery" - Orwell, "1984"
:) As a former teacher at the University of London department of adult studies, teaching history, politics and International Relations I can assure you I am very familiar with the history and belief of totalitarianism - and have opposed them all my life.
Yeah, right. Although you don't seem to have mastered propaganda quite yet. allen ethridge@onramp.net
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