What Are Civil Rights?
I love that Benjamin Franklin quotation, that's on the first t-shirt: 'Those who sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither.' He was a very astute man.
At the last British general election, many of my disillusioned friends were saying that they weren't going to vote. It was a two-horse race between two parties, which were both infested with Thatcherism. I was laughed at for being determined to vote anyway.
One of my friends said, "Why are you even bothering?"
My answer was, "Because Emily Wilding Davison left me no choice." How can any woman be too apathetic to join the electorate, when a woman died to give us the right to do so?
I'm glad that you liked this. :D
JoHarrington, Feb 24, 2012