tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899195780406085624.post426039695355347159..comments2023-09-06T03:58:31.493-04:00Comments on At The Point Of A Gun: Apologies For The Blogging AbsenceDave Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13779153708960447630noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899195780406085624.post-59944413617880985652011-03-27T16:57:28.101-04:002011-03-27T16:57:28.101-04:00In general, Democrats are not smart. What they are...In general, Democrats are not smart. What they are is stubbornly determined to have power over the rest of us.<br /><br />For most of human history, some people have enslaved others. In general, people like controlling and enslaving other people. It tickles our pride.<br /><br />Christianity makes it clear that such behavior is wrong. Thus, with great difficulty, our Christian forebears ended slavery. Nonetheless, the inclination to this sin remains deeply embedded within our souls. <br /><br />To yield to the inclination to enslave others indicates an absence of wisdom, if not intelligence. Why? What we own owns us. <br /><br />When a dictator seizes power, he must spend every moment watching out for the knives seeking his back.<br /><br />When a community owns slaves, that community must constantly fear an uprising, the morning that will find the slave masters dead in their beds.<br /><br />When a nation allows slavery, that nation becomes a house divided. It's slave population will work only when forced and cannot be trusted to bear arms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com