I didn't agree with her quoting a poem on her site saying it was soldiers who gained any rights for us, not politicians, passive resistence, or the power of the people.
Yes, I commented on the poem too saying basically that while soldiers secure and defend our rights, they're not the source of them. At least in U.S. political theory, our basic rights derive from the fact of our humanity (or from God if you're inclined that way), they're inherent and innate, and all the government/army is supposed to do is protect them. It doesn't do a very good job of it, imo, but that's the theory.
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Date: 2006-11-12 11:17 am (UTC)Yes, I commented on the poem too saying basically that while soldiers secure and defend our rights, they're not the source of them. At least in U.S. political theory, our basic rights derive from the fact of our humanity (or from God if you're inclined that way), they're inherent and innate, and all the government/army is supposed to do is protect them. It doesn't do a very good job of it, imo, but that's the theory.