"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock
People have always been afraid of big brother. Liberals are convinced that this is exactly what the Bush administration is up to with the whole wire tapping thing. They scream about someone trampling their rights. Well you don't have to worry about "big brother" anymore. In the name of knowing what's best for all of us the liberals and do-gooders in this country are doing something much worse. Something so awful, so heinous, so terrible, what they have given us instead is "Big Mother".
We have people who want to make sure that we are all healthy. So they legislate the use of seat belts, air bags, and helmets for motorcycles and so on. They say that this is good for us. Thanks Mom!
We can't smoke in restaurants and bars - it's not fair to the people that must work there or eat and drink there, besides its good for you. Thanks Mom!
We can't smoke at work, we can't smoke in arenas and stadiums - Thanks mom.
We can't smoke in public places. Now they want to ban smoking in your cars and in your houses- Thanks Mom.
They raise taxes on smokers, they raise taxes on alcohol. All in the name of knowing what is good for us. Thanks Mom.
They use all sorts of justifications. Smokers cost the state more in health care costs then non-smokers. Would someone please tell me how a smoker dying of cancer in their 60's costs society more than someone else dying of something else in their 80's or 90’s? We are all going to die. Some of us will die quickly and some of us will die slowly.
They ban trans-fats because they know what’s good for you. Thanks Mom.
They increase the fines and sentencing for drunk driving. Thanks Mom.
Listen to what they want to do next. They are going to ban fat people from restaurants. Don't worry they know what's best for all of us. Thanks Mom.
Next they'll want to tax us by the pound. Awe damn, I just gave them another idea. Thanks Mom.
They believe that they know how to teach and raise our kids better than we do. Thanks Mom.
They're attacking home schooling in California. That will soon spread across the country. Thanks Mom.
They tax big cars because they're bad for the environment. But they're safer and I want my child to be safe. It doesn't matter they know what's best. Thanks Mom.
They tax gasoline because we use too much of it. Thanks Mom.
They must stop global warming so they'll soon tax your breath. But we're heading into and ice age. It doesn't matter we know what's best. How dare you question us? We'll have to tax you for that. Thanks Al, I mean Mom.
Is this the world that you want to live in? I certainly don't. Look around there are hundreds of other examples of "Big Mother" all around. It will continue to happen until we start fighting back and start saying that enough is enough.
4 comments:
The banning of of certain products because of the "environment" makes my asthma rescue inhaler as effective as a de-clawed kitten fighting a pit bull.
Frankly, I am glad smoking is banned in many public places. Smoking sections are a joke...it's like have a peeing section in a swimming pool.
Hey, I almost thought you meant me and not Al Gore.
Alice wrote: Frankly, I am glad smoking is banned in many public places.
Yes, I know there are some good things that are done. Individually they all seem like good ideas. Collectively they're eating away at our rights and once we give up a right we don't get it back.
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