Dr. Thomas Sowell

'Occupy' and the moral infrastructure

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, June 1. 2012

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By Thomas Sowell

The “Occupy” movement, which the Obama administration and much of the media have embraced, has implications that reach far beyond the passing sensation it has created.

The unwillingness of authorities to put a stop to their organized disruptions of other people’s lives, their trespassing, their vandalism, and their violence is a de facto suspension, if not repeal, of the Fourteenth Amendment’s requirement that the government provide “equal protection of the laws” to all its citizens.

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#1 Yeu Kno Hu on 06/01/12 at 07:11 PM

Very well written and on target. Unfortunately, a lot of people in this country see morality as purely subjective and restrictive. Instead of seeing morality as a a collection of ideologies that are good for promoting a strong society, they equate them something being imposed on them. There is an unrestricted sense of rebellion just for the sake of rebelling. No nation that has ever gone down that path has survived long--at least, not as it was.

#2 Cats on 06/03/12 at 03:11 PM

Having lived for 3 years in Southern California, I suggest that the rest of us pay scant attention to what happens there.
Very strange place. Thank goodness I don't have to live there anymore.
No place to raise a family, no place to be if you want to live peacefully, go to a job every day and hope to attain The American Dream. The criminals and the lawmakers there (could that possibly be the same entity?) conspire to strip you of your dream.

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