First Posner, now Harvie Wilkinson     Labels: ,   Blogger Jim
Lagnese said...  I am going to walk out on a limb here John, and
that's dangerous for someone my size. :) It's been my
observation that socialism, marxism, communism, collectivism, or
whatever you want to call it has its basis in a type of
materialism where humans are only the sum of their material
composition, that beyond our earthly existence, humans have no
soul (how else could Stalin, Hitler, Castro et el be explained
in their actions, in other words, it gives them license).
Promulgating abortion reinforces this. In this church of the
state, the individuals locus of control is external. Guns
represent an independence whereby the individual has power, and
also responsibility. When you talk individual rights and
responsibilities, the locus of control is internal. This in
direct conflict with socialist philosophy and not in the best
interest of the church of the State, particularly well armed
individuals. In the context of someone that supports a