By Dave Leach
The most popular excuse for leaving tyranny unopposed is the fear that fighting it will only draw the attention, rage, and retribution of tyrants.
But the opposite is true. Just as the best protection from a hostile dog is to face it, and the most dangerous thing you can do is turn your back on it, (generally), this story about Janet Napolitano dancing around her hastily withdrawn action against a “Dreamer” leader’s parents illustrates, almost humorously, the “force field” you create around yourself through shining your light on tyranny.
This principle is recognized even in the Bible, in 6 verses where powerful tyrants turned out to be as helpless as ants when there was a little light shining their way.
I want to dedicate these six verses to Robert Allen, my favorite (and only) comment-leaver:
1Sa_15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Mar_11:32
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Mar_12:12
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
Luk_20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Luk_22:2
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Act_5:26
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Of course, some who oppose tyranny do end up paying “the ultimate price”. But generally, tyrants have fare more to fear than you, from letting your Light shine.
What wonderful irony, Dave – that you CONTINUE to ABUSE your power within a near-Oligarchy of folk being able to START Treads within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space – on the topic of NOT “leaving tyranny unopposed” – AND then, citing Chapter and Verse – from a rather large work of Propaganda!!!!
Yup, Dave, the Irony IS palpable !!!!!!
Just sayin’,
Robert Allen
Robert, is that dissatisfaction I smell in your response? And after I even dedicated those verses to you? Will anything ever satisfy you?
Oh My, Dave – SOMEhow you still appear to think so little of me (in more ways than one) – that you MISS the Good News of ALL of my comments on your little thingies – when YOU, Dave, ABUSE your POWER as a member of a near-Oligarchy group of folk who MAY START Threads within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space.
Naturally, Dave, US Common Man Folk – who often comment within a number of threads a the near-Oligarchy have the PRIVILEGE of STARTING within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space. I, Dave, as Just one of the Ordinary Common Folk, CONTINUE to strongly complain, Dave – that YOU continue to appear to ABUSE this PRIVILEGE of POWER to START Threads within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space – EVERY TIME, Dave, YOU PREACH – Chapter and Verse – YOUR Theism within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space. YOU, Dave – KNOW full well – because Bob Quasius has TOLD you, Dave – that the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space – neither condones the Preaching, Dave – nor does this Blog Spac, Dave – endorse your Theism as something that is preached within a number of Threads within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space.
Power corrupts, Dave!!!!
Please Dave, Please realize that the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space does NOT endorse your Preaching of your Theism, using Chapter and Verse within the various threads within this Blog Space.
AND, Please, Dave – realize that I am ONLY Complaining about what I perceive – and have liberally (so to speak) documentmented within a number of threads within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space.
(Start of preacher tone) For the love of ZEUS, Dave (end preacher tone) – Theism – as preached – has NO Sanction NOR Endorsement – within the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space !!!!!
Just sayin’,
Robert Allen
PS – AND, Dave, I as an Atheist I stongly believe that ALL of the Lore of various Gods, deamons, demons, spooks, angels, miracles, hocus-pocus – basically are the stories of various groups of pro-Homo sapiens and Home sapiens – covering, perhaps the past 200,000 years – using the stores to illustrate what they, as folk, knew and held as sacred. That DOESN’T mean, Dave, that ANY of the hocus-pocus IS sacrid – it’s just held AS THOUGH it were sacrid. This is Basic Athropology and Archeology, Dave. NOTHING is ever sacrid – unless sentient beings declare that something is sacrid.
Still, Dave – Just sayin’ !!!!!
Hey Dave – I see – ONCE AGAIN – that you AVOID a conversation that involves a confrontation of you ABUSING POWER on the Cafe Con Leche Republicans Blog Space !!!!
WHATSAMATTER, Dave ???? TOO Hot for you to deal with ??????
Just askin’,
Robert Allen
STILL refusing to discuss what I see as an ABUSE of your power, Dave – eh??
MAYBE – some day – there WILL be a NEW Dawn in this area, eh Dave ???
Your NON-Theistic fellow Human, oh so Human (per the writing of Fred Nietzsche),
Robert Allen