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THIS FAR AND NO FARTHER

Guest Post by Sonic

Edmund Burke Quote: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men

At the end of the day this article could be summed up by saying, “since you’ve already allowed the government and big business to get away with terrible things, you should not have any reason to resist this latest and greatest trespass.” That is a logical argument. That said, throughout history this has happened many times. Good men have to be able to say “this far and no farther”, and they have to mean it.

Unfortunately meaning it means risking more than your own life. You risk the lives and livelihood of all of those you care about. That is wife and daughter, and son and mother, father, cousin, friend and neighbor. If you own a business, you have numerous employees, vendors and clients that you risk as well along side of the great investment of your time and resources into building said enterprise. In short you risk everything you care about, so you naturally don’t step up to pay that price until everything you care about is already at risk.

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Good Men

Guest Post by Eric Peters

 

Can a good man spend his days doing bad things and remain a good man? What if he chooses to spend his days doing bad things and could at any time elect not to do the bad things? Could decide – I am not comfortable with this; this isn’t for me – and quit, without risking anything (other than the need to find honest work)?good men lead

The German SA man of the 1930s was a very bad man – but he did, at least, have the defense of being under duress.

In 1930s Germany, it was socially (if not legally) difficult for any man to not become a willing helper of Hitler’s in some capacity – or at least, give the appearance thereof. One joined the partei – and sieg heiled along with the crowd. To not do so invited suspicion at minimum – and the very real likelihood of much worse. God help you if you publicly criticized the national socialist state or its leaders.

An even better example of duress would be the camp guard. He had the choice of being on one side of the razor wire – or the other side. We still condemn him for being a cog in the machine of mass murder. But – at some level – his guilt is mitigated by the fact that he could not just walk away without accepting severe repercussions.

It took a brave man – a hero, to use that much over-used word – to say, “no. I won’t be a part of this” – and accept the consequences, come what may.

Very few such men stepped up.

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