tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post114343064575054396..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Civil Rights and DeathAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143489646156135162006-03-27T13:00:00.000-07:002006-03-27T13:00:00.000-07:00I said this in response to someone just yesterday ...I said this in response to someone just yesterday who had made the exact argument as Sen. Roberts:<BR/><BR/><B>Patrick Henry once said, "give me liberty or give me death." That used to be patriotism. Now we have people saying, "take my liberty away, just keep me alive."</B><BR/><BR/>As you noted in a previous post, it was the case that in past generations American had put their lives at risk in order to fight for the freedoms we have today, now, in this generation we have Americans willing to voluntarily give up those freedoms without fighting.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143461229738876922006-03-27T05:07:00.000-07:002006-03-27T05:07:00.000-07:00It is not just fearmongering. Roberts and those li...It is not just fearmongering. Roberts and those like him are promoting cowardice as a virtue.<BR/><BR/>I am certain that the soldiers in George Washington's army, when they faced the British, were afraid. And rightfully so. However, if they had taken the attitude that protecting their lives was more important than protecting liberty, we would have no liberty today.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143441431270965282006-03-26T23:37:00.000-07:002006-03-26T23:37:00.000-07:00An exersize in fearmongering from Senator Roberts....An exersize in fearmongering from Senator Roberts. I guess it must work, because they keep doing it and we keep lapping it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com