Posted by
Sue on Monday, January 15, 2007 5:14:19 PM
01/15/2007
Homo sapiens, us, are descended from hundreds of thousands of "tribes". In the beginning, and until about two hundred and fifty years ago, we were still part of tribes called English, French, Chinese, Japanese, African, American Indian and so on, and so on, and so on.
Then an unexpected: people chose to leave these "tribal" areas in the hopes of living lives without the unconscionable government cruelty that had existed for thousands of years (and still does in almost every country in the world). People were not people to the rulers of these countries. They had, over millennia, become slaves to be used, abused and killed at leisure. They had no rights. Were allowed no thought. Theirs was to slave daily for their masters and hope for a small crumb at the end of each day with which to feed their families. But the choice of embarking on what must, then, have been an almost impossible journey, was taken and on the East Coast of a country recently discovered, humans looking for freedom of sorts found their way here. On the West Coast, another group of humans, more looking for choices in lifestyle and enrichment, traveled from South America.
A new "concept" had been born, even though no one thought of it that way. For, in America, a new "tribe" was to rise up and create an awesome powerhouse in just two hundred years. America also became a tribal country, but, this tribe was made up of the members of many tribes from around the world. Sure, there were problems. Still are if you just care to look around America the world today. But, in less than 250 years, this country continued the experiment created by America's Founding Fathers.
Our tribe, Americans, are unique in the world. We each have our own "old" culture to look back on, but we have a more important current culture to care for. At least 49% of us aren't doing a good job of it. Why? Because about 75+/- years ago, a small percentage of people who had emigrated or were arriving to get away from their own hell didn't come for any freedoms, they came with a conception of power that has given rise to socialist/communist sympathizers who wish to change what made America great and turn it into another third world country populating the planet. It is an old canard to say "equality" for all, when in reality what you are really saying is:
I know what is best. Let me do it my way. You have no choices. I will decide how you
should live.
Sound familiar? Kings used it. Popes used it. Emperors used it. Presidents use it. Senators and congressmen use it. Governors, mayors and police captains use it. We use it when we try to teach our children how to be. Teachers use it to make children try to behave.
Every law and rule we have is someone's attempt to control someone else. It is too sad that today, the laws and rules have become ridiculous. No transfat. No foie gras. No free speech. No...no...no...no. Perhaps we, as a group really need minuscule meddling to keep us straight. Hmmmmmmm.