Death Is Easy

DEATH IS
EASY
by
Russell Madden


Freedom As If It Mattered

FREEDOM, 
As If
It Mattered
by
Russell Madden



Guardian Project

The Guardian
Project
by
Russell Madden




Random

RaNdoM
by
Russell Madden




 

 

 

THEY HATE OUR FREEDOM

by

Russell Madden

 

 





Six years. Six years since the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.

Since then, endless analysis has attempted to understand the repercussions of that monumentally bad day. Many explain those horrific events by appealing to the notion that “they hate us for our freedoms.” What this nation stands for repudiates their view of what the world should be. What this country’s traditions honor reveals their distorted view for the irrational nonsense that it is. What this culture was founded upon is a never-ending threat to the power over others’ lives that they covet so dearly.

They seek not to live and let live, but to destroy. They fear the choices of sovereign individuals and cannot permit them to control their own lives. They want to force others to adhere to their constricted vision of the future, to do only what is permitted and to avoid all else. What they desire is a bland uniformity, a sterile existence limping along under a sick shroud of joyless darkness.

With piercing eyes, they scrutinize those who would reject their hard-edged grip, ready to punish dissenters. Freedom? A dirty word. Choice? Evil. Individuality? Nonexistent. Happiness? Only in a fairy tale afterlife that they decree is best for all.

Yes. They do hate our freedoms. They hate us for wanting to be free. They hate us because we will not surrender our lives to their incessant and unreasonable demands.

Yes. Perhaps someday the politicians of the United States — the president and Congress and judges who refuse to acknowledge our rights or our personal autonomy — perhaps someday they will be made to pay for their betrayals, past, present, and future.

Perhaps someday, the American people will refuse to obey those who hate our freedom, regardless of where those enemies reside or what excuses they offer for the destruction they cause.

Perhaps someday, we will no longer be afraid.

Perhaps someday, we will be free.

(from Don't Get Me Started!, 9-10-07)