Health care debate reveals fundamental philosophical differences
It doesn't get any clearer than this.
These photos from today's front page illustrate the philosophical contrast in the debate over so-called health reform.
- William Kostnic wears a pistol Tuesday as he stands outside a town hall meeting on health care held by President Barack Obama. Obama spoke as anger flared outside his event and at congressional town halls across the country. (AP photo by Joel Page)
- Lisa Ball of Worcester, Mass., chants outside the town hall meeting in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP photo by Joel Page)
Pistol-packing Kostnic's sign is a less than subtle reference to a quote from Thomas Jefferson: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Ball's sign on the other hand is counter to the Founders reverence for life, liberty and property, which is embodied in George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights:
"That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."
