Liberty Activists Call WKBK’s “Talkback” 2009-09-12

September 18, 2009 by Ian
Filed under: Audio, Issues, Personal Freedom

Radio Tower On last week’s “Talkback” on WKBK, discussion centered around Fred Parsells’ suggestion to city council that they support medical cannabis and decriminalization. Also discussed were shiftless, troublemaking teenagers. The smarmy Dartmouth guy calls to insinuate liberty activists support abusing children in the workplace and calls activists immature, as he usually does.

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3 Comments on Liberty Activists Call WKBK’s “Talkback” 2009-09-12

Paul on Fri, 18th Sep 2009 4:31 pm

Wow, the Ward 2 councilwoman says, “I think it’s unfair to councilors who could not support that to say that the Council in Keene supports decriminalization, and to speak for all of us as if we were unanimous. So, if it’s a unanimous vote I would agree, if not, I think we as individuals should write and talk about that issue.”

Now, Ms. Councilwoman, how do you think we feel, when one of you claims to “speak for us”? If it is not unanimous, it is not “the will of the people”, it is only your will, and the will of those who agree with you. Stop forcefully manipulating the lives and finances of others, against their will and often their consciences, to accomplish your own goals, or the goals of a majority. Use your own resources to accomplish goals you believe in.

Ward 2 councilwoman stumbles upon one of the fundamental flaws with democracy. Think she’ll apply her own logic to herself?

Paul on Fri, 18th Sep 2009 4:46 pm

Nevermind, Sam beat me to it on air, lol

Paul on Fri, 18th Sep 2009 5:08 pm

Here’s a question for Fred: Do you think Rosa Parks acted within the system, or outside of the system? She did not try to get elected, nor did she try to push through resolutions, she simply refused to obey an immoral law, and helped galvanize a boycott of the bus system. Actually, at the time, there were many people making Fred’s argument — Ms. Parks should act within the system, stop believing she is above the law, etc. Read the papers from the time!

How about MLK’s civil disobedience – sit ins for example? Those were illegal — certainly not inside the system.

How about all of the other great examples of civil disobedience in our history, and the history of the world — Thoreau, Sam Adams, Susan B Anthony, Hariett Tubman, Gandhi, the White Rose Society, etc?

I know this point is made often, but I have not heard a reasoned response yet. Fred, do you condemn all these activists, because they did not act within the system, but instead, intentionally disobeyed immoral laws, often announcing their intentions beforehand?

“It’s the way things are” is not a moral argument, it is, and I hope I am not being too frank, a coward’s argument. If the way things are is immoral and unjust, the way things are should be changed. Most of the time, judging by history, change does not come about through a corrupt and sluggish political system. It comes about by brave and principled people standing for what is right, against, when necessary, what is legal and popular.

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