Sorrowful anniversary to ye all, as it was 20 years ago this day that Timothy McVeigh bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. It was a shot that should have been heard round the world, but wasn't, a warning shot that -- despite the cost of 168 lives and the injury of more than 600 others -- went unheeded. Unfortunately, since that fateful day of April 19, 1995, we have only seen an increase in the attitudes that brought about the bombing. What led Timothy McVeigh to do what he did has only increased. His beliefs have become more accepted, more popular.
You want this government to hang by a thread? It could if enough people hate it.
McVeigh viewed the U.S. government as tyrannical and hoped to inspire a revolt against it. Are we to be so blind as to not realize this is just what we teach each other? On one hand, we teach that we must arm ourselves to the hilt and be wary lest our government become tyrannical. And on the other hand, we teach that it already is tyrannical. Now, there's a formula for trouble. Our own hands are against us, in this one.
Some have said that if this land is to fall, it must fall from within. I wonder. I wonder if the very hands that would save it, will slaughter it.
I beleive the Constitution and Decleration of Indepence as originally written brilliantly does much to prevent our government from becomming tyrannical. Since then repulicans, democrats and judges have undermined the Constitution resulting in a government that is more tyrannical. I beleive by educating ourselves on the costitution and our founding father's discussions behind its formation will be beneficial and effective in preventing our government from becomming opressive and tryannical.
ReplyDeleteAhh, wonderful to hear from you, Steven. I believe you are right. If we educate ourselves on the Constitution, if we learn the stories and reasoning behind it, it will help us from becoming a tyrannical people, both by giving us a spirit to fight tyranny and a spirit to not be tyranical.
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