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.
Christmas and Easter do commemorate actual events in history. Whether we celebrate them for these actual events is another (though valid) question entirely.
Sadly (at least for me) secular mankind has taken extremely important milestone Christian celebration of meaningful events and turned them into disgusting commercial enterprises that have little or no real meaning compared to the actual historical (holy) event.
I'm a bit of a fan of Juneteenth myself. It's the day the Republicans freed the slaves from the Democrats. Similar to what the upcoming Nov 5 will be for everyone.
Works for me.
ReplyDeleteThe first two are evidence that whole countries and even continents go through enormously silly periods.
In days gone by such periods were often staunched by hawks, blades, and trebuchets.
It ain’t over yet…
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ReplyDeleteInternational Talk Like a Pirate Day is just as real as those!
ReplyDeleteYou could have thrown Christmas and Easter in there and the results would not have changed
ReplyDeleteChristmas and Easter do commemorate actual events in history. Whether we celebrate them for these actual events is another (though valid) question entirely.
DeleteSadly (at least for me) secular mankind has taken extremely important milestone Christian celebration of meaningful events and turned them into disgusting commercial enterprises that have little or no real meaning compared to the actual historical (holy) event.
DeleteI'm a bit of a fan of Juneteenth myself. It's the day the Republicans freed the slaves from the Democrats. Similar to what the upcoming Nov 5 will be for everyone.
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