PIML 96061707 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: [Jon's thoughts on the lack of patriot participation.] PIML ================================================================== Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 03:57:18 -0700 To: jon.roland@the-spa.com From: jon.roland@the-spa.com (Jon Roland) Subject: Sunshine Patriots >The whole problem with this movement is that there is a lot of support for >what we do, but people are too damn lazy to get off their dead asses and do >something productive It is easy to become discouraged by expecting more of people, or expecting it sooner, than is reasonable. Other patriots have faced this problem in ages past. It is well to reflect on their example, and learn what we can of it. It is a mistake to condition one's own actions on the response or support of others. In this life we each have a duty to do what is right, even if we have to stand alone against all the forces of the Universe. We are not responsible for the actions of others, or for outcomes, only for our own best efforts. Life is a learning experience. Some will learn, and for each that does, one more spark will lighten the darkness. The night sky is not less beautiful for having no more than the stars is has, and there could be no life on this earth if the sky were an unbroken ceil of stellar fire. The "long train of abuses" has not reached to the lives of most people. At present it is mainly something dimly perceived and easy to deny or dismiss. It has always been so. Good people are slow to act against tyranny. Indeed, the greatest danger we now face is that we have alerted the tyrants, and they are smart enough to back off and stop provoking us in the way they have been doing. A lot of people will be satisfied by that, thinking the militia movement has won, and go home. We must now adapt our tactics, putting less emphasis on the more spectacular examples of abuse, and engage in the more tedious process of uprooting corruption, tracking the roots to their source. Be aware that we are not alone in this. We have people in every place, every walk of life. Most are not prepared to act boldly without some promise of success, some hope of victory. Most will wait until they are joined by others and there is a sea change. But some will stand alone, and if cut down, will do so without complaint, knowing they have done what must be done, until one by one, the blood of martyrs will swell to a flood of inspiration that will wash away the evil of the world. --Jon ======================================================================= Visit our Web site under its new domain name - http://constitution.org/ If you need help setting up your own Web site, call us at 916/927-4935. ======================================================================= * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.