Being one who was born *questioning* everything, especially *authority* I was able to truly relate to your words in this excellent column.

Too many people, especially in your age group, grew up ‘obeying’ rather than questioning. It has to do with the change in the public school system,. IMHO, of not teaching students to THINK. Obedience and blind acceptance of what an adult would say was the new teaching method which brought forth willing slaves to the new way of governing.

When students just did what they were told rather than to THINK and EXAMINE what was placed in front of them all opposition to the governing powers was greatly reduced. The result is what we have today in America – a land filled with SERVANTS (slaves) fearful of their own shadows and more than willing to snitch on those who QUESTION AUTHORITY.

We cannot take blame for the things that have happened to our Beloved country. AS it is very plain to see from the beginnings of our great founding fathers intentions, there has always been TROUBLE makers who saw our country ‘differently’.

Thanks to you and your explainng , there can be more enlightened people’
WILL they read??

As someone who has a job and all the so called good things in life,(material things) I find myself getting more depressed each day as I watch many of my fellow countymen do what Ben Franklin warned people about. Those that give up liberty for security get and deserve neither”
Too many citizens these days have the mentality of a slave and don’t even realize they have allowed the chains of their master to set upon them.