Thursday, January 15, 2004

"May I Kill It?"

In C.S. Lewis’ book The Great Divorce, in chapter 11, there is a ghost afflicted with a lizard which whispers biliously in the ghost’s ear.  The ghost is tormented by this lizard, but, all is not lost, as an angel offers to assist the ghost by killing the lizard.  The ghost hems and haws about this offer, even apologizing for the lizard, but finally yields and allows the angel to kill the lizard.

This is the first thought that came into my mind this morning as I read this. This, is an article by Jonathon Rauch, published in The Atlantic Monthly, and entitled "The Forgotten Millions." An introductory statement from Rauch’s article.

"Communism is the deadliest fantasy in human history (but does anyone care?)"

When I look around me today, I see the bloating of governmental entitlement programs, which is simply socialism, I see the Supreme Court allowing random police roadblocks and secret court proceedings, police state tactics used effectively in communism and facism, and, more dishearteningly, I see either an uncaring populace or a populace clamoring for the expansion of the state, for a socialist agenda.  Bah.

“May I kill it,” now?

Via Billy Beck, whose own comments on Rauch’s piece deserve your attention. 

Posted by John Venlet on 01/15 at 04:18 AM
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