Chicago Aldermen are objecting to being searched at the city's central headquarters "along with the masses" (SunTimes Nov 1). A small story with large consequences. If they succeed in bullying those operating these legal searches, it will be another body blow to this democracy we say we're waging wars to protect...!
Look at it this way. All through our history we've had the few setting themselves above the many. In the East there were the Boston Brahmin's and the New York 400; in the West, the guys with the biggest ranches and the most guns. Today the habit continues.
We've got "banks too big to fail"..."bonuses too valid to deny"..."games too important to expose drugged players"..."a government too essential to deny its illegal wiretaps"..."a military too set in its ways to allow gays" ...."secrets like Black Water and Halliburton too powerful to reveal." The mindset here is clear -- we're all equal except some of us who are more equal than others!
This small story is worth tracking to see if the big boys quietly win again. The only thing in a democracy that should distinguish one of us from another -- merit. When some of us excel at what we do, let the world know it. And respect it. But let the world still search us whenever necessary. Either that or stop calling this a democracy.
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"When some of us excel at what we do, let the world know it. And respect it. But let the world still search us whenever necessary. Either that or stop calling this a democracy."
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic! I wish our government would adopt your idea. I think we would all benefit!!!
Anonymous -- you sound like about 300 million other "little" Americans tired of the "big" ones always getting a pass.
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