Puritans. The more strict and "pure" denomination of the Christian faith. It has brought about some horrors of the world, such as the Salem witch trials. Since then, they have kept quiet so to speak and the world has progressed far past that restrictive and oppressive/suppressive state. Minus the 1900s, that was a pretty bad time to live just about anywhere. At any rate, there are only pockets of the restrictiveness that Puritans exhibited that still remain. There is the gay marriage ban that exists in Russia. Even though many have said something against it, as of now Putin hasn't changed his mind. There is North Korea and being cut off from the rest of the world (no internet, no phones, human rights being ignored, etc). And Kim's obsession with nuclear power. Just a tiny obsession, but just enough that the UN has to crack down on him and he recedes into his country, taking the country with him. Speaking of UN crack downs, Syria!!!!!!!!! Syria has been fairly (relative term, don't shoot me!) oppressed and then started fighting back. And we know what happened and stuff, but the point is that something was too strict on them, and they said no more. And we have the conservative side of the Islamic faith that requires women to show absolutely no skin. So we have modern Puritans, but not in the literal since. And strangely, most if not all of this is not inside America. America does a lot of things bad nowadays, but we are the champions of freedom. Even though we have NSA spying but that's beside the point.
Modern Puritans
Alright, Brian Adams. You brought up a lot of interesting points in your post, however the one I think has the most potential to really develop into an argument is the idea of modern america being relatively free and un-oppressive compared to the rest of the world, which is a complete 180 compared to 100 years ago. I suggest, if you were to further this argument, maybe going deeper into why America is so concerned with guarding freedom and being perceived as a free country. What in our nations past was not free? How did we get to this current state of freedom? What bondages still exist in our society? How do we externalize our perceptions and interact with other countries based on these ideas of freedom? What in the world contradicts our countries ideas of freedom and why?
ReplyDeleteAlso, next time maybe limit your number of ideas and expand on the few that you choose. Quality over quantity, Mr. Adams.
I agree the us governmental is more of a modern day petition than anyone else
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