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A Nation of Fools
By Peary Perry
Get Over It……
I have to wonder at some folks who refuse to
acknowledge the history of mankind and spend
their time upset over past events.
In today’s paper is a letter to the editor
from a lady saying that all of the states
except the original thirteen colonies should
not celebrate the Fourth of July since this
holiday isn’t relative to their state. She
goes on to say that ‘only through greed,
elitism, and racism they (the rest of
America) proceeded to violently take the
land of others while denying these people
their independence and sovereignty.’
In other words none of us in this country
have any reason to celebrate our
independence since we only obtained our
lands in the manner she describes.
What a load of horse hockey.
I would like to point out to this lady, that
if we were to adhere to her concept of
non-aggression, then I would suggest to you
that we (all six billion of us) would be
living on top of each other somewhere in
Ethiopia or wherever they consider the
cradle of civilization began. Probably still
in caves or sand dunes or whatever early
mankind used for shelters.
Of course she probably thinks that if we did
this then all mankind (both men and women)
would have co-existed in peace and harmony
for thousands of years without any strife or
coveting of anyone’s property for any
reason. No, I’m certain that in her mind the
tribes having the greatest caves and warmest
furs would have no reason to fear any type
of attack or invasion by those less
fortunate. In fact I feel certain this lady
would gladly give up her hard fought
comforts and improvements to those less
fortunate so that they could all live in
abject poverty together. Why have space and
improvements for your family alone when you
could easily share with twenty five others
who choose to do nothing on their own and
are willing to let you perform all of the
work?
Kumbaya for all…..Peace, milk and cookies.
Don’t take your guns to town son…leave your
guns at home.
I do not know of any segment in the history
of mankind where there were not sheep and
wolves. The sheep get eaten by the wolves
and their lands taken for their own
purposes. Obviously I am using this as an
example of human nature. The Christians
conquered the Muslims, the Muslims conquered
the Christians. The Mongols conquered
everybody. The Romans conquered nearly
everybody. The Spanish came to America. The
natives of Mexico killed and maimed each
other while fighting over portions of the
country. The Native Americans (Indians)
fought and conquered each other. The British
fought the Colonists. The Germans and the
Japanese fought the world. The poor fight
the rich, the rich profit from the poor.
I wonder how this woman’s ancestors came to
this country. Obviously since she is writing
from a city in the southwest part of the
United States, she herself must be
considered to be a trespasser, an interloper
…..one of those despicable creatures she
describes and hates for their ruthless
actions engaged in the actions associated
with human societies since time began. No, I
have to believe that somewhere some part of
her heritage engaged in activities of
‘greed, elitism, and racism’.
Are these actions always proper? No, of
course not. But they have existed and they
continue to exist even in today’s world.
This is the nature of both wolves and
humans. There are struggles for power,
control and dominance taking place all over
the globe each and every day.
Would we wish it wasn’t so? Of course, we
all would like to live in a peaceful world
without the wolves. Will it ever happen? Not
in my mind. Do we need to remember past
events, certainly we do. Do we need to try
and do better than those who didn’t? Of
course we do. Do we need to blame all of
those around us for events beyond our
control or the control of anyone currently
alive? I think not.
This lady as well as all of us needs to move
forward and make the future a better place
for all of us. Those who stand mired in the
mud of past events will never be able to
step freely into the future.
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