Comments on: Egg On Mao http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/10/07/egg-on-mao/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jonathan McLeod http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/10/07/egg-on-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-213729 Jonathan McLeod Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:53:29 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=6478#comment-213729 Hi Denise, Thanks for letting us know. I hope to be there, but either way I'll be getting your book. Thanks for doing all this important work. Hi Denise,

Thanks for letting us know. I hope to be there, but either way I’ll be getting your book. Thanks for doing all this important work.

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Thanks.

]]> By: Christopher Northcott http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/10/07/egg-on-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-213538 Christopher Northcott Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:03:51 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=6478#comment-213538 The Kite Runner is an excellent movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm5e6AqrNF8 The Kite Runner is an excellent movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm5e6AqrNF8

]]> By: Christopher Northcott http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/10/07/egg-on-mao/comment-page-1/#comment-213537 Christopher Northcott Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:21:19 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=6478#comment-213537 We must be around the same age as those same events in history were formative in my own political awakening. I agree that we need these stories to be taught, and, arguably, not just stories from foreign lands but from our own. Canadians could benefit from a more critical appraisal on the role of government in civil society, how an over reliance on big government is actually detrimental to civil society. Overall, if there is a theme here, maybe it is that stories of struggling for one's liberty inspire others to be aware; presently considerate of how being a free-born citizen of a great country (the subject of an ancient Crown ... since Magna Carta, even it is under the law ... [a nod in the direction of your recent post on the monarchy ... ha ha]) is not without its sacrifices. Be it all of our technological trappings or other diversions, we are too quick to excuse people for not thinking, which requires effort, for not standing up to received opinion or to the powers that be when they are wrong, which requires courage. We must be around the same age as those same events in history were formative in my own political awakening. I agree that we need these stories to be taught, and, arguably, not just stories from foreign lands but from our own.

Canadians could benefit from a more critical appraisal on the role of government in civil society, how an over reliance on big government is actually detrimental to civil society.

Overall, if there is a theme here, maybe it is that stories of struggling for one’s liberty inspire others to be aware; presently considerate of how being a free-born citizen of a great country (the subject of an ancient Crown … since Magna Carta, even it is under the law … [a nod in the direction of your recent post on the monarchy ... ha ha]) is not without its sacrifices.

Be it all of our technological trappings or other diversions, we are too quick to excuse people for not thinking, which requires effort, for not standing up to received opinion or to the powers that be when they are wrong, which requires courage.

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