My favorite part of ACIII: Shaun: Unbelievable… Desmond: What’s up? Shaun: Your politicians are constantly referencing the founding fathers- and insisting they must have been in support of one thing or another. I have never seen such a blatant disregard for history. Desmond: That’s just typical political propaganda. Shaun: It’s also dishonest and delusional. How can anyone claim what these people wanted based off scraps of paper and wishful thinking? Desmond: They’re looking for intent- what these men envisioned for our country and its future. Shaun: Idealistic and unlikely. I don’t think most of your presidents and senators and judges care what the founders thought. They just want to know how they can bend old words to achieve modern goals. Who cares if they were deists of theists or wanted a central bank. Why do people need the validation? What should matter is what you- as an individual believe. And why you believe it. What? Are we so insecure that we to find 18th century letters to validate our beliefs? Oh look mom! A dead man agreed with me. Maybe. If you transpose the letters in this shopping list you can plainly see he was on my side. Desmond: Jesus Shaun, that’s a cynical way to look at it. Shaun: Doesn’t make it less true. Shaun: I keep trying to understand how men like Washington and Jefferson could dedicate their lives to the pursuit of liberty and equality and yet have no problem owning slaves. It’s hypocritical in the extreme. And your history books make only passing mention of the subject. As if it were of little consequence. Desmond: They had a war to win. A country’s future to secure. How could they deal with all of these issues at the same time? Shaun: Spoken like a true apologist. We hear it today too. That matters of civil rights and equality must wait. There are conflicts to settle. Economies to salvage. What do any of these things matter if the people are not free and equal. ALL of them.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 03:25:05 +0000
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