Comments on: The Face Of Despotism http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/ The eclectic ramblings of jonolan Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:56:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Obama Loses Control | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-17139 Obama Loses Control | Reflections From a Murky Pond Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:15:54 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-17139 [...] People of America. It is always good for any free people when a would-be tyrant, especially one who sees himself as beneficent, is [...] [...] People of America. It is always good for any free people when a would-be tyrant, especially one who sees himself as beneficent, is [...]

]]> By: Subjective Law | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-15750 Subjective Law | Reflections From a Murky Pond Fri, 28 May 2010 15:16:21 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-15750 [...] Mini-me being his nominee makes more and more sense and it seems she bodes as ill for our nation as Obama so far [...] [...] Mini-me being his nominee makes more and more sense and it seems she bodes as ill for our nation as Obama so far [...]

]]> By: Regulating Your Diet | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-15562 Regulating Your Diet | Reflections From a Murky Pond Sat, 15 May 2010 18:32:02 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-15562 [...] course doing this for our own good – or so they will continue to claim just as all titularly beneficent tyrants do, often even as the People place a well-earned noose around their [...] [...] course doing this for our own good – or so they will continue to claim just as all titularly beneficent tyrants do, often even as the People place a well-earned noose around their [...]

]]> By: The Food Police | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-15493 The Food Police | Reflections From a Murky Pond Sun, 09 May 2010 15:24:31 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-15493 [...] fear the jackbooted thugs of the dictator, but so many in America gladly accept the more kindly face that despotism normally [...] [...] fear the jackbooted thugs of the dictator, but so many in America gladly accept the more kindly face that despotism normally [...]

]]> By: Dead Congress Walking | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-14801 Dead Congress Walking | Reflections From a Murky Pond Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:32:22 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-14801 [...] Congress nor the President serves the People any longer and seeks instead to rule over us – for our own good, of course – we are looking at both a Dead Congress and Dead President [...] [...] Congress nor the President serves the People any longer and seeks instead to rule over us – for our own good, of course – we are looking at both a Dead Congress and Dead President [...]

]]> By: jonolan http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-13494 jonolan Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:30:30 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-13494 Thanks, ichabod. I wish I had coined the term, but "nanny state" was first used in a public forum by British MP Iain MacLeod back in 1965. I does perfectly sum up totalitarianism "for you own good" though, doesn't it. Thanks, ichabod. I wish I had coined the term, but “nanny state” was first used in a public forum by British MP Iain MacLeod back in 1965.

I does perfectly sum up totalitarianism “for you own good” though, doesn’t it.

]]> By: ichabod http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-13493 ichabod Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:16:34 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-13493 Hi jonolan; You have worded it perfectly, the "nanny state" :) When I was twelve years old, I enjoyed more freedoms than I do today. Sad isn't it? Hi jonolan;

You have worded it perfectly, the “nanny state” :)

When I was twelve years old, I enjoyed more freedoms than I do today. Sad isn’t it?

]]> By: Stand Firm | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-12140 Stand Firm | Reflections From a Murky Pond Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:24 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-12140 [...] and more power into their own hands in the federal government – admittedly, possibly with the best of intentions. The groundwork of mischief is this. A man fancies that he knows what is best for other men; that [...] [...] and more power into their own hands in the federal government – admittedly, possibly with the best of intentions. The groundwork of mischief is this. A man fancies that he knows what is best for other men; that [...]

]]> By: Independence Day | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-11695 Independence Day | Reflections From a Murky Pond Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:01:33 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-11695 [...] not either reflect upon the fact that we ousted a tyrant in 1776 to birth a nation but allowed a worse despot to take the reins of power in 2009, or gather together to shout out our just rage and swear to end [...] [...] not either reflect upon the fact that we ousted a tyrant in 1776 to birth a nation but allowed a worse despot to take the reins of power in 2009, or gather together to shout out our just rage and swear to end [...]

]]> By: Bust Yo Bubble | Reflections From a Murky Pond http://blog.jonolan.net/ethics-morality/the-face-of-despotism/#comment-11167 Bust Yo Bubble | Reflections From a Murky Pond Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:06:55 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=5037#comment-11167 [...] well for the Liberals’ constituency or for their dreams of an egalitarian state where all are supported from cradle to grave by the [...] [...] well for the Liberals’ constituency or for their dreams of an egalitarian state where all are supported from cradle to grave by the [...]

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