tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3775181019323720211..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: RICHARD III AN ANSWER TO MATT AND OTHERSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-6963453853535382722009-12-16T11:20:16.453-05:002009-12-16T11:20:16.453-05:00Maybe not quite so long ago, but I first felt comp...Maybe not quite so long ago, but I first felt compelled to stand and fight for my beliefs as a teenager too (1984 Miners strikes)<br /><br />How do we keep our spirits from flagging?<br />John Maclean was largely inspired by James Connolly who in turn...<br />Your inspiring others may give you solace through those long nights.<br />HopefullyNotHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443644930695303411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-71210878793289813352009-12-16T08:39:36.781-05:002009-12-16T08:39:36.781-05:00Our duty, yes, but not our joy. The question is n...Our duty, yes, but not our joy. The question is not whether we should protest injustice, but how we keep our spirits from flagging in the long night of the soul. I first spoke out against injustice as a teenager, long, long ago.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-24237612389526712572009-12-16T08:37:06.721-05:002009-12-16T08:37:06.721-05:00""I wish no harm to any human being, but...""I wish no harm to any human being, but I, as one man, am going to exercise my freedom of speech. No human being on the face of the earth, no government is going to take from me my right to speak, my right to protest against wrong, my right to do everything that is for the benefit of mankind"<br /><br />John Maclean(Scottish Marxist, at his trial for sedition in 1918)<br /><br />So long as there is an audience-and there always will be- then is it not our duty, to speak out and denounce wrongdoing?NotHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443644930695303411noreply@blogger.com