Is It Important Enough To Go To War?

As we go through life dealing directly or indirectly with other people we generally pause long enough to consider if what we are about to do will bring about an angry reaction from the party that we are about to do it to.  This pause is so quick and subtle that it is not noticeable to others or even to ourselves.  This is done by all of us many times a day whether dealing with friends, family, strangers, enemies, teachers, authorities, etc.  The basis for this consideration is probably self preservation, whether it be fear of verbal, mental, social, career threatening or physical abuse.  We never know, for sure, what may happen because of our actions.  However being somewhat civilized, at least on a face to face basis, and also at least once we are out of high school, prudence says to be cautious in our actions, and be extra cautious when the action affects others, especially if they are bigger or more powerful.  We are aware that a reaction from others can take many forms of which many can be very unpleasant.  Generally, human nature keeps us from doing harm to others.  This is definitely not the case when it comes to law making which is simply imposing one’s will on another by force, whether he likes it or not.  Common sense, consideration of others and caution seems to be thrown away when activists trying to achieve a perceived benefit for certain groups of people at the expense of other people, use the vicious force of the government to accomplish the goal.  The end justifies the means is the common rule. Freedom is frivolously sacrificed.  When the focus is on achieving this perceived benefit there is an ‘I don’t care’ attitude about the harm that may be done to others.  When it is good for a group or the community it doesn’t matter how many individuals are hurt or in what way they may be hurt.  When the harmed persons do not squeal loud enough or do not counter attack with enough force on the first assault on Freedom, another harmful action will soon follow and this process will continue until the defenders of Freedom regain their senses, stand their ground and fight back.  Not until  the perpetrator feels a forceful and successful counterattack will he or she care about the evil effect on other parties.  There is never a taking of responsibility for the evil that is caused by their action.  Taking responsibility for the evil, by considering oneself the swing vote, may cause one to begin to rethink their actions and attacks on the other persons’ well being.  It’s important to point out to that person that he or she is the cause of the evil.  Then it becomes  prudent for the perpetrator or perpetrators to consider ‘Is this important enough to go to war?’ When the perpetrators know that the resistance will be quick and forceful for every assault on Freedom, there will certainly be less attacks on Freedom.  They won’t disappear but the pain  of the counterattacks will bring about closer consideration.

The take away lesson from this is that all attacks on one’s sovereignty is a declaration of war, of sorts, and should be treated as the first skirmishes leading to a declaration of war.  In addition the attackers should expect and be met with a vigorous defense just as one would expect if he or she came into one’s house and took some physical stuff.  Like a cancer, the intrusions on Freedom will continue at an ever increasing rate until the theft will no longer be tolerated.  The attackers will always be there because that is the nature of many people, so the defenders of Freedom must always be there to stop the attack, even on minor thefts of Freedom.  The problem is, sometimes it may be too late or much more difficult to reverse the thefts.  Habits get established quickly, at the point of a gun, so that people have a tendency to forget what Freedom was and accept the loss as the new norm.  And the people benefiting from their fellow American’s loss of Freedom immediately feel the benefits are theirs to keep and any attempt to retrieve the lost Freedom will be looked upon as an attack on them.  Thus, the vicious cycle has begun and continues, in America’s case, for two hundred years.  For many the pain of the original theft of Freedom is ongoing and can fester until a trigger point is reached that could bring on a messier solution.

Whenever  a group or a majority take an action that encroaches on the Freedom of an innocent individual they have started a war of sorts, whether it be a war of words, a war of harassment, a war of taking or a war that will interfere with an innocent person’s way of life.  Whether violent or non-violent,  it is still a war and should be treated as such.  It is a fact that “politics is personal” to the persons on the receiving end of the action.  It is also a fact that all government action is vicious and violent as its demands are always backed up with guns and threats of fines, imprisonment or even death.  The defender of his or her Freedom acts with a just defense and anyone who denigrates or slanders that defender of Freedom is out of line.  America was founded on Freedom for every individual and every individual was advised in the Declaration of Independence about the right and duty to defend against any government that becomes destructive to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  With a little deeper thought he or she will soon realize that in order to keep his or her person Free he or she must protect not only his own Freedom but the Freedom of fellow Americans because “if all are not free, none are free.”  Like it or not we are all in this life together so the obvious way to keep peace among us is to not  trespass on another’s Freedom.  It really is not difficult to keep peace peacefully, its common sense, as Thomas Paine told us 240 years ago.  Civil War between Americans is a terrible thing, violent or non-violent.  It is easy to avoid if the potential attackers on Freedom are forcefully reminded of this question;  “Is it important enough to go to war?” because in defending Freedom it is always a just war.      

FOCUS ON FREEDOM
18Mar2015