Posted by
novelator on Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:56:31 AM
When making a list, all comedic assumptions aside, the most important items are generally found nearest the top.
Now, ask yourself what the framers of the Constitution truly intended by making freedom of speech number one on their list of amendments and the right of an individual to bear arms number two. This was not an unconscious decision. Freedom of speech was important enough to be at the very top of our forefathers' constitutional agenda, to be protected and defended, when necessary, by the right of individuals to bear arms. All other amendments come after, as required by their order of importance.
If the right to bear arms is ever taken from we the people, can our freedom of speech be far behind? Both inalienable rights have been assaulted, and continue to be assaulted, less than successfully so far by those "well-meaning" types who tend to "champion" causes that would take our freedoms in the "interest of the greater good" because they think they know what's best for us all. As if we were all children and incapable of responsibility for ourselves and to our fellow countrymen. At least, that's their story and they're sticking to it--generally as long as their "cause" continues to put dollars in their pockets, their names in the paper and/or their faces on television.
Until my weapon is pried from my cold dead fingers, I will keep and bear my arms in defense of everyone's freedom of speech against even my own government if need be because these inalienable rights were granted me by like-minded men, our forefathers, who so obviously understood that the order of importance of any list indicates the intent of the writer or writers. And I intend, as they intended, for all of us to remain free from tyranny, no matter what "well-meaning, for the greater good" cause or party platform might serve only to cloak our would-be oppressors.
There's my story and, by God, I'm sticking to it.