tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post4312986575754182554..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Quickies: Safety In RealityFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-21691261250949398122016-04-22T18:45:14.644-04:002016-04-22T18:45:14.644-04:00"We are in the twilight, now. And darkness is..."We are in the twilight, now. And darkness is coming."<br />That right there is the most accurate and cogent comment I've read in decades... and it breaks my heart. No one abhors war more than the warrior. And it is inevitable, as is its brutish, loud, and ugly - and final - conclusion. I pray for us all... reading here and elsewhere, I realize this is still in many ways the home of the brave.<br />It will need to be.<br /> - Grandpa Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-4319296012865411872016-04-21T10:04:15.768-04:002016-04-21T10:04:15.768-04:00Is a man who removes his genitals a woman? Is a wh...Is a man who removes his genitals a woman? Is a white man a black woman? Does two plus two equal five? Are one in five women going to be raped while at college? By white guys? Is the rape rate of a college campus worse than Somalia? I could go on and on about the truisms that are denied, and the freedom to state otherwise which has been taken from us.<br /><br />We are in the twilight, now. And darkness is coming. I can type this, I can think this. That freedom remains to us. But our livelihood, our good names, our reputations... they can be taken from us by not submitting our will to that of The Party. But our lives remain, still.<br /><br />How soon, then, will we find ourselves in a room, as Winston did, where we are made to say that there are five lights when there are really four? Where two plus two is five. Where "cisgender" is a pathology? Where women are men, and helldumper bullies are victims of harassment?Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-52109148365920561142016-04-21T09:29:01.142-04:002016-04-21T09:29:01.142-04:00Well said. You bring up something that totally esc...Well said. You bring up something that totally escaped my notice. Thank you.Ron Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254200694378708747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-68753230109833511992016-04-20T12:31:07.989-04:002016-04-20T12:31:07.989-04:00Yeah, I know you must get lots of scoffers and int...Yeah, I know you must get lots of scoffers and intelligrunts, Francis... but you got lots of us guys and girls, too. When they attack me, I consider it all glory, because they didn't have the courage to make THE choice. I even claim credit for bringing some of them back from the abyss. Of course, that was from something they saw 'in' me, not of me. I have more to say on these subjects, but will be busy reading some sci-fi I have recently discovered.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.com