We have the right, we have the responsibility to play an active role in governing ourselves, and I firmly hold the position of if you don't vote, don't bitch about it.
Yes, exactly. The rights come intertwined with the responsibility to exercise them and to protect them. Not because they are priveledges granted that can be taken away at any time. They are an inalienable part of being a human with intelligence and free will--and they are also damned inconvenient for those who'd like to reduce their fellows to a position of subservience.
All the democracies of the world form a society inching (forward and back, but usually more forward than back) toward freedom. It's our duty to make self-rule work, because we know that all the alternatives collapse into suffering.
Man, I'm blathering, but yeah, as much I foam and fume with cynacism and outrage, I'm still incredibly thankful that I was born right here, right now.
no subject
Yes, exactly. The rights come intertwined with the responsibility to exercise them and to protect them. Not because they are priveledges granted that can be taken away at any time. They are an inalienable part of being a human with intelligence and free will--and they are also damned inconvenient for those who'd like to reduce their fellows to a position of subservience.
All the democracies of the world form a society inching (forward and back, but usually more forward than back) toward freedom. It's our duty to make self-rule work, because we know that all the alternatives collapse into suffering.
Man, I'm blathering, but yeah, as much I foam and fume with cynacism and outrage, I'm still incredibly thankful that I was born right here, right now.