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Sunday May 26, 2013

Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it. — Marshall McLuhan


Topic: ‘Responsibility’

1. Give Me Liberty

Floonet.net | I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom. Like all Americans, I took for granted the individual liberty to which I had been born. It seemed as necessary and as inevitable as the air I breathed; it seemed the natural element in which human beings lived.... - [More]

Posted: July 8, 2011 in Articles

2. Consideration

Strike-The-Root.com | The definition of a citizen is a member of the body politic who grants an allegiance thereto in exchange for a guarantee of protection. As various Supreme Court decisions have made clear, however, there is no obligation on the part of the government to do anything.... - [More]

Posted: April 2, 2011 in Articles

3. The Tank Man

PeteEyre.com | On June 5th, 1989 one individual had enough of the oppression he and others had long-endured from one of the biggest and most ruthless gangs ever to exist. Left with few other options after decades of rights-usurpations, the man stood up to the aggressors and very literally put his life on the line by standing in front of a column of tanks. Though never identified with absolute certainty, he became known as The Tank Man.... - [More]

Posted: November 23, 2010 in Articles, Documentary

4. Israeli IDF Public Relations

4409 | — HINT: people that are ethical, upstanding, and good do NOT need to do public relations tours in foreign nations.... - [More]

Posted: November 14, 2010 in Videos

5. The Buck Never Stops

C4SS.org | Anarchy, or “the state of nature” as it was often referred to in the past, is a way of living that requires responsibility from those living in it. This requirement, however, is very often misunderstood. This misunderstanding tends to lead to the Hobbesean argument that, since people are irresponsible by nature, Anarchy can never “work.” I would like to know more precisely what some of those people mean by it “working” or “not working,” but let’s assume for the moment that by “work” they mean “allow us to live peacefully and harmoniously.”... - [More]

Posted: August 16, 2010 in Articles

6. My Bill of Responsibilities

GeorgeDonnelly.com | For public relations purposes, talking about your rights is obsolete. It’s a right-wing authoritarian faux talking point. It’s simply tedious – and often a non sequitur – to say that you’re doing something because it’s your right. Nor does it resonate with anyone who doesn’t already agree with you. Let’s shift the paradigm. Let’s spark some thought by talking about our actions in terms of responsibilities, instead of rights.... - [More]

Posted: April 13, 2010 in Articles

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