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Fifth Column |
"Days of Rage" coming to New York |
2002-01-27 |
Yeah. The city needs that stuff. The country needs these traveling riots. A tense prospect, but not an entirely negative development. Facing the reality of Ground Zero will be a big part of this event for the out-of-towners. Try looking at the peaceful elements involved as traditionalists, Fred. They don't want the new freedom, the freedom to be *envied* by the rest of the world. They want our traditional Four Freedoms, the vision of FDR that brought us through WWII, the freedom of an America whose Lady Liberty stands in encouragement and support of the world's wretched and oppressed ... But traditionalism degenerates to a combintion of blind reaction and ideological silliness. The logical outcome of the Four Freedoms is the world we live in now, because they've enabled us to build it. It's a world full of good things, and it's a world that's growing. Being "envied" by the rest of the world is a side effect. |
Posted by:Fred Pruitt |