The Fourth Option (A Centrist Perspective) Blog

I thought about fences and what they are. For they also came as immigrants, carefully tucked between the words of the Bible, or stuffed in old envelopes and hidden in the lines of letters, whose wrinkled yellowness evidenced pages that were read again and again. Most, however, were carelessly tossed and stored in our minds to be used as pious euphemisms. So we've always had them here, but these went undetected We didn't want the others (the earliest ones we erected) on the landscape, for back then (in the beginning) we valued the open range and the freedom to move freely and to chart our own course -- unobstructed to ourselves and to others. So these first ones on the new land created resentment; the critters objected to being prevented from enjoying the cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes; the cattle simply accepted their fate as prisoners; the buffaloes and wolves fought against them --and lost But, these fences disturbing the soil were few, and we took time every day to carefull...

wire tapping is o.k.? Hell no!! To suggest that "giving up some of your freedom will make you freer," is a lot like suggesting that "taking a good chunk of your money out of the bank will increase your savings." Or "playing the slot machine at a gambling casino will increase you number of secure investments." (more and more it is apparent to me that our desperate search for our worst enemies should begin by looking in the mirror!)

To every question there are two correct answers: The first is the best answer, as we know it to be at present, and the second is the greater, more appropriate answer that we'll discover tomorrow. The conformist's goal is to always state the first answer knowing that it will please the masses. The scientist's goal is to always find and state the second answer even when he or she is aware that doing so will make him or her the subject of resentment and redicule!