Friday, June 04, 2004

I commit the fatal modern sin of actually having one, a point of view on the world and man that is not up for negotiation. Better that than a constantly shifting POV that
views that patrimony of the past as superfluous, that opposes same sex marriage one day and enthusiastically supports it the next, that constantly has one finger to the wind and another on the remote control, surfing for the next bit of media distraction, swayed by polls and a constant deluge of useless information and utterly unable to place events in any sort of context not manufactured by the sophists of the day.

For the record, my perspective: man is endowed by his Creator with inherent dignity and rights but burdened by the Fall with a nature that is broken, sinful, and weak and which spreads that burden to the entire world. The political problem is how best to recognize that dignity and those rights and protect them from the violence, chaos, and anarchy that is inherent in such a fallen world. It requires both civic and martial virtues (courage, honesty, honor, integrity, strength, nobility, purity), and, in a health polis, those 2 sets of virtues should reinforce each other rather than contradict each other. It requires a willingness to defend the innocent through strength of arms.
What's your perspective?