https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2014/01/ladysphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ladysphere Bleak Theology: Hopeful Science Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2014/01/ladysphere/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 06:35:00 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=3305#comment-3086 The Covenators and Puritans were coming at this from a reformed position: the issue of when it is right to rebel is incredibly difficult: I am not sure if what they did was right.
Having said that, the Stuart Kings were fairly awful.
On the American Revolution, I think the new United States was more tyrannical than the colonial system that preceded it. And, although I snark about the human rights commissions in Canada, I’m not scared of the government of Canada.
The USA Federal system at present terrifies me. More than the Russians and Chinese: I’m not sure if this is because I have always assumed that the Chinese and Russians are functional tyrannies or that the NSA has over reached their ability to control by the use of technology.

]]> https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2014/01/ladysphere/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:48:00 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=3305#comment-3084 Washington, Jefferson, Cromwell, and the Covenanters were all wrong to rebel. But I do agree there does come a time and I think we are far more likely to encounter it in our godless, pro-homosexual time than they ever did, bad as things may have been in centuries past as regards shacking up, etc.

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