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Post by avordvet on Jan 2, 2014 6:07:03 GMT -5
Now joining the secession train... Parting CompanyWalter E. Williams, Jan 01, 2014 Here's a question that I've asked in the past that needs to be revisited. Unless one wishes to obfuscate, it has a simple yes or no answer. If one group of people prefers strong government control and management of people's lives while another group prefers liberty and desires to be left alone, should they be required to enter into conflict with one another and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences on the other group? Yes or no. My answer is no; they should be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways. townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2014/01/01/parting-company-n1769958/page/full
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Post by Michael Downing on Jan 2, 2014 7:37:02 GMT -5
Just finished reading this after receiving it from WRSA and it is spot on. The problem is that TPTB truly believe that Lincoln settled the issue of the right to secession once and for all. I am afraid that the author's desire for "A superior alternative is to find a way to peaceably separate into states whose citizens respect liberty and the Constitution" can never be realized. Any state or group of states that tries will I am afraid be met with the threat of force and history will indeed repeat itself.
"We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honor and independence; we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms. This we will, this we must, resist to the direst extremity. The moment that this pretension is abandoned the sword will drop from our grasp, and we shall be ready to enter into treaties of amity and commerce that cannot but be mutually beneficial. So long as this pretension is maintained, with a firm reliance on that Divine Power which covers with its protection the just cause, we will continue to struggle for our inherent right to freedom, independence, and self-government." Jefferson Davis addressing his Congress Monday, April 29, 1861
I do however find solace in the fact that at least we are finally openly addressing secession in public so there is a glimmer of hope...
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Post by Michael Downing on Jan 2, 2014 13:54:18 GMT -5
Invar's take on Parting Company at Sword at the Ready... swordattheready.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/its-time-for-a-divorce-and-to-separate-ourselves-from-federal-tyranny/It’s Time For A Divorce And To Separate Ourselves From Federal Tyranny What’s left of liberty in America faces a choice: subjugation to Collectivist tyranny, bloodshed in resistance, or going our separate ways. The time has come for a divorce from Ruling Class Collectivism and tyranny. You will hear the argument that this was tried before and is a non-starter. Well, refusing to consider a divorce means you agree to be subjugated, abused, raped, pillaged and every aspect of your life regulated by MarxoFascist government. Walter E. Williams has an excellent argument about why separation is necessary. Where I disagree with his assessment is the historical fact that NO TYRANNY EVER ALLOWS THEIR PEOPLE A SEPARATION. Never. Not without massive bloodshed in the all-out effort to eliminate and destroy those who want to escape government tyranny and live in peace. The DHS stockpiling 1.6 billion rounds of hollow-point ammunition, staging thousands of MRAPS and armed APCS throughout the country might indicate that the federal regime under Obama is ready for any resistance to their tyrannical rule. America’s Independence and Liberty from British tyranny began when enough Colonists agreed that a separation from England was necessary. Like every government tyranny in history – the Crown sent troops to put down the ‘rebellion’ by force and a long, bloody, violent war to be free took place. When the British troops came to disarm the colonists, the first shots in a violent revolution for freedom began. Today however, when the State disarms it’s people by Constitution-violating laws – the people line up to register their guns which will soon be confiscated as happened every single time ‘registration’ has transpired. One a people are disarmed, genocides always happen by the very government who disarmed them. We face nothing less. For if you want to be left alone in peace, it’s going to require you to accept the fact that if we want Liberty, we must separate ourselves from this Collectivist MarxoFascist government and those who want it – and prepare to fight for our right to be free of them. That means holding onto your weapons and refusing to hear the State-run media’s propaganda. An important step to keeping what is left of your liberty is understanding the necessity of divorcing ourselves from the Ruling Class in Washington and their Collectivists and Welfare leeches in this former Republic. Walter E. Williams explains the necessity of a separation. He is most correct to say that we have reached the point in America where we have irreconcilable differences. A Divorce is necessary if we would be free.
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