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« I, Rudy | Main | Reflections on God and Santa: Does ol' Nick Undermine God? » December 19, 2007Speaking of RudyWe look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do. via Radley Balko Posted by Zach Wendling at December 19, 2007 11:39 PM CommentsI can't wait to see who'll win the primaries -- Huckabee or Rudy. I'm tired of being in suspense about whether Republicans are going to choose religious socialism or a militarized police state.
Posted by: Phil at December 20, 2007 10:19 AM | permalink Posted by: wahoofive at December 20, 2007 12:07 PM | permalink I really don't want Rudy to win the primary, but to be fair, this was from a speech about crime and law enforcement. It should probably be read as arguing that law and order is crucial to maintaining freedom--not as glorifying authority for authority's sake. Posted by: Eric Seymour at December 20, 2007 12:17 PM | permalink Posted by: DMD at December 20, 2007 12:23 PM | permalink ...to be fair, this was from a speech about crime and law enforcement. It should probably be read as arguing that law and order is crucial to maintaining freedom--not as glorifying authority for authority's sake. I can believe that he wasn't glorifying authority for authority's sake, but it is hard for me to imagine someone with a healthy understanding of and appreciation for freedom saying, "Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do." Freedom surely depends on "order" by some definition, but someone who would say that surrendering "a great deal" of control to authority is what freedom is actually "about" is not the kind of person who I think should be trusted with the power to limit freedom. Posted by: Karl at December 21, 2007 06:33 PM | permalink Post a comment |
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