And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My dad knew some RNZAF (Corsair) pilots on the New Hebrides Islands, WW2. He described them as "great sportsmen, rough&tumble, honest". They wouldn't recognize what they fought for now.
My dad was in a servicing unit in the RNZAF during WW2 and spent time with Americans in the "Islands". Never heard him say anything bad about them - they were always helpful with parts, decent food and PX stuff (like towels which he sent home). Mum likewise said the marines she encountered in NZ were nice young men, polite and respectful to a mum with her first child while dad was overseas. I agree that NZ is not the safe and harmonious country it once was - many developed a taste for socialism and we are seeing the fruits.
Given its present leader, I'm surprised this was allowed.
ReplyDeleteThat's one big concentration camp now.
ReplyDeleteMy dad knew some RNZAF (Corsair) pilots on the New Hebrides Islands, WW2. He described them as "great sportsmen, rough&tumble, honest". They wouldn't recognize what they fought for now.
DeleteMy dad was in a servicing unit in the RNZAF during WW2 and spent time with Americans in the "Islands". Never heard him say anything bad about them - they were always helpful with parts, decent food and PX stuff (like towels which he sent home). Mum likewise said the marines she encountered in NZ were nice young men, polite and respectful to a mum with her first child while dad was overseas.
DeleteI agree that NZ is not the safe and harmonious country it once was - many developed a taste for socialism and we are seeing the fruits.
I'm always amazed at how little of the earth they can actually see from the ISS.
ReplyDeleteWhat a view.
ReplyDeleteNo star to see... think about!
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