POST 273 WHAT HAPPENED TO: "LIVE AND LET LIVE"

Hi,

Recently  THIS BLOGGER asked the question on a forward - "WHAT HAPPENED TO LIVE AND LET LIVE", one of the most popular expressions of Americans in the past. After all, that pretty well describes freedom for each other doesn't it?

WELL, THIS BLOGGER FOUND THE ANSWER IN LOOKING AT THE NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE LET OUR ENEMIES BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH A TREATY WE KNOW THEY WON'T KEEP. THAT'S CERTAINLY 'LIVE AND LET LIVE' ON A MAJOR SCALE.

WE CHOOSE TO LET THE NORTH KOREAN BABY BOY PLAY WITH DANGEROUS TOYS TO THROW AT US AND OTHERS. THAT'S CERTAINLY 'LIVE AND LET LIVE'.

WE CHOOSE TO ALLOW 32 TRAINS A DAY RUN OVER TRACKS IN FLORIDA THAT ARE NOW IN CROWDED NEIGHBORHOODS IN ORDER TO HELP AN AMUSEMENT PARK AND OPEN UP LANDS FOR BUILDING THAT NEED THE ENVIRONMENT TO REMAIN CLOSED. THAT'S CERTAINLY 'LIVE AND LET LIVE'.

WE CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE OVERSPENDING IN WASHINGTON THAT KEEPS AMERICA ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER. THAT'S CERTAINLY 'LIVE AND LET LIVE'.

WE LET RUSSIA MAKE THREATENING INROADS INTO THE COUNTRIES AROUND IT LIKE THE UKRAINE AND SHRUG KNOWINGLY TO 'LIVE AND LET LIVE'.

WE IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS THREATENING MANY COUNTRIES WITH LOSS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND BLOODSHED.  THAT'S CERTAINLY 'LIVE AND LET LIVE''

SO, IT WOULD SEEM THAT ANYTHING AMERICA COMES UP AGAINST THESE DAYS THAT DOESN'T YIELD TO A SUGGESTION OR TWO BECOMES A SITUATION ON WHICH TO USE GOOD OLD AMERICAN "LIVE AND LET LIVE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 NOW THAT LEADS TO THINKING WHY THESE MAJOR ISSUES ARE SUBJECTED TO THE 'LIVE AND LET LIVE' POLICY BUT THE SMALLER ISSUES BECOME  HUGE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE TO BE FIXED.

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? WE HAVE TO CLEANSE OUR THINKING AND OUR WORDS. NO LONGER ARE WE ALLOWED TO SAY CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE THEY JUST AREN'T "NICE". THANK GOODNESS FRANK SINATRA IS NO LONGER WITH US OR HE'D BE IN THE HOOSEGOW ALL THE TIME WITH HIS  'DAGO' AND 'SPICS' AND 'MICKS' .

 THERE'S LOADS OF RULES ABOUT NOT CALLING A SPADE A SPADE WHICH MAY OFTEN BE KINDER, IT'S  TRUE BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT "LIVE AND LET LIVE". TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN SAY AND THINK MAY BE A WORTHY CAUSE IN THE SHORT RUN BUT IT TENDS TO LEAD TO CONTROL BY CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF OUR SOCIETY.  FEDERAL INPUT INTO EDUCATION DETERMINESWHAT KIDS  EAT, WHAT THEYTHINK POLITICALLY AND WHAT LITTLE HISTORY CAN BE TAUGHT. IT IS TANTAMOUNT TO OPPRESSION WHICH CERTAINLY IS NOT ON THE ROAD "TO LIVE AND LET LIVE".

ANOTHER ROUTE WE SEE  BEING SUBJECT TO A LACK UNDERSTANDING IS WHO MARRIES WHOM AND WHEN AND WHERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN THE FIRST PLACE WHY AND HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT GET IN THE MORALS BUSINESS. LORD KNOWS THEY HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TENDENCY TO LIE AND CHEAT AND PLUNDER TO WHICH WE APPEAR TO SUBJECT  TO "LIVE AND LET LIVE" BUT THEY DON'T RETURN THE FAVOR ON THE NATION'S MORAL CONCERNS.

 IF THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT PUT SPECIAL SECTIONS IN THE TAXATION LAWS THAT ONLY MARRIED COUPLES COULD USE, THE ISSUE WOULD HAVE NOT HAVEBECOME SO MAJOR  THAT IT PREVENTS 'LIVE AND LET LIVE'.

SO WE HAVE TRANSLATED OUR FREEDOM OF 'LIVE AND LET LIVE'  INTO SMALL DECISIONS THAT HAVE BECOME REALLY ANNOYING AND INSTEAD GIVEN OUR POLITICIANS THE RIGHT TO USE OUR 'LIVE AND LET LIVE" ON THE BIGGIES LIKE  POLITICAL DOMINATION, RELIGIOUS RULE, WARFARE AND THE LIKE.

DRONES HAVE SORT OF FALLEN IN BETWEEN. SINCE THEY WERE ONCE NON THREATENING TOYS EASY TO IGNORE, THEY HAVE NOW ATTAINED THE STATUS OF BIG TIME 'LIVE AND LET LIVE' BOMBS SENT TO DESTROY OUR ENEMIES AND  IGNORED AS SUCH.

WAIT UNTIL THE TABLES ARE TURNED AND WE FIND OURSELVES WONDERING IF WE'LL LIVE OUT THE DAY OR BE DRONE BOMBED. WILL WE STILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE ATTITUDE WE HAVE TOWARDS THEM? OR ANY OF THE OTHER MAJOR ISSUES OF THE DAY LIKE EMAILS IN THE HANDS OF INCOMPETENT POLITICIANS; PRESIDENTS WHO TRY TO DESTROY OUR AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE; OR ALL THE OTHER NOW ACKNOWLEDGED DANGERS THAT GET THE 'LIVE OR LET LIVE TREATMENT.

IT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN CONFUSED IN OUR RATINGS OF IMPORTANCE ON ISSUES SINCE WE HAVE  CREATED SO MANY UNNECESSARY PROBLEMS THAT WOULD HAVE RESOLVED THEMSELVES IF KEPT OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S JURISDICTION AND MICROSCOPE. OUR SOCIETY WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S HELP HAS BECOME ONE OF INTERFERENCE AND DIRECTION BY PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL QUALIFIED TO JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES LET ALONE OTHERS.

THERE GOES "LIVE AND LET LIVE" DOWN FOR THE COUNT !!!!!!!!!!!  THIS BLOGGER  BELIEVES THE "REF" IS COUNTING{ 8 } AS THE CLOCKS CHIMES ON THE PHRASE THAT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPRESS.

ISN'T IT STRANGE HOW THINGS COME FULL CIRCLE. THEY START OUT TO BE FINE,  KIND AND HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS ONLY TO BECOME POOR, UNKIND, AND UNHELPFUL RULES MADE BY THOSE WHO WOULD NAIL THE RULES DOWN INTO CONCRETE  WAYS TO FORCE PEOPLE TO BE WHAT THEY WANT THEM TO BE RATHER THAN AS THEY ARE.

 WE FIND  EXAMPLES IN EUROPE.  A  NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE FRENCH, WHO WERE NOT LONG AGO  PROUD, ORIGINAL PEOPLE MAKING THEIR OWN WAY AND DECISIONS AFTER THE REVOLUTION. THEY ARE NOW PASSIVE, YIELDING TO GOVERNMENT RULES AND ACCEPTING THE TIGHT WEB THAT HAS GROWN AROUND THEM UNTIL IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER REVOLUTION IS THE ONLY WAY TO FREEDOM.  ALL THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE LOST THE LUSTER OF INDIVIDUALITY TO COMMUNISM AND THE DULL SHEEN THEY PROJECT IS ONE OF OBEDIENCE AND MEDIOCRITY. IT IS NO WONDER THAT ISLAM IS MORE ABLE TO INFILTRATE AND TAKE OVER WITH A RELIGION THAT ALLOWS NO INDIVIDUALITY.

MAY YOU CONTINUE IN AMERICA TO SEE "LIVE AND LET LIVE" AS A SUGGESTION AND NOT A RULE AND TAKE IT BACK FROM OUR LEADERS AS A JOYOUS WAY TO VIEW OTHERS WITH WHOM WE HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON.

CHEERS, CONNIE