Another shocker by CS Lewis

[wvfarrier]

Another shockingly insightful quote by CS Lewis!!! Written nearly 70 years ago
From."GOD in the dock"

CS Lewis:
Criminal law increasingly protects the criminal and ceases to protect his victim. One might fear we were moving toward a dictatorship of the criminals or what I fear is the same thing...mere anarchy.

According to the classical political theory of this country we surrendered our right to self-protection to the state on the condition the state would protect us. The power of the group over the individual is unlimited and the individual sumbits because he has no choice. The state in turn surrenders some small amouny of that power and gives the individual a little freedom.

At present the very uncomfortable position is this: The state protects us less because it is unwilling to protect us against criminals at home and manifestly grows less and less able to protect us against foreign enemies, at the same time, it demands from us more and more. We seldom had fewer rights and liberties nor more burden and we get less security in return. While our obligations increase the moral ground is taken away.

[Blaine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj36Oc7PTog

[mickbr]

CS lewis was a smart guy. He and Tolkein were good buddies and bth survived ww1.They had seen the waste of human lives caused by monarchies and dictatorships

[TraderVic]

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost,

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

J R R Tolkien

[wvfarrier]

I saw a great bumper sticker today.

"The brave do not live forever but the coward does not live at all"