Freedom and Scoundrels
I can’t believe that I’ve never heard this quote before, but it’s brilliant and it sums up my philosophy on the subject perfectly:
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." —H.L.Menken
A scoundrel is simply a person who is worthless or does not deserve something and so what's really the point trying to defend the undeserving and talking about oppression being stopped at the beginning ,yes that's the only way...to kill a tree you have to aim it's root.
And as always @sean-king has dropped yet another outstanding photoshoot. Keep it up Sean.
That's a very wise (and truthful) quote. Thats also one breath taking beautiful shot. I presume its your lovely wife. Great shot good sir!!
Hmm... your post gave me a real sense of our society right now. (i had to hold back on my comment for a while and internalize on it)
My thoughts about it:
First, it's relevant. I've seen it, it's everywhere. The inequality of society, the ones with power are the ones that has a tendency to oppress the ones with the least power ~ whether intentional or not. That's just the way society works. Justice is blindfolded which means it can also be ~ misguided or misled. To be honest i have no means to fix that :-( do you think it can be fix Sean? I want to know your thougts about it.
Now to your photo, i have to say, it directly translates to the quote that you refer to. It's spot on. I felt the feeling of being oppresed on her portrayal. The lighting, the grunge, the anger, and the tension made this photo deserving to be put on the wall. It speaks for itself ~ no caption required.
Meaningful!
Thanks my friend, your post made me realize more about it.
This statement is true and worthy of affirmation. When you put your career, family, your freedom, or even your life on the line for someone or a people, they mostly turn out to be ingrates.
They cry to you for help but when you offer them all they need, or you are putting your best into helping them, they still stab you in the back.
Pathetic.
Came for the picture, stayed for the philosophy. Was not disappointed.
Nice quote and a picture that is in harmony with this quote... Really great picture... Well framed, harmony of the model with the background is unbelievable... I like this picture...! You made a great job @sean-king...
Congrats and have a nice day...
wonderful poetic image .. i'm so impressed that this is natural light Sean. Really excellent work as usual. Great to see this do so well here.If you look at my work, I'm glad :)
" Defend the weak, because it will help when you need someone to help you "
This is one of my quote
Absolutely fabulous promise. We need to fight for freedom. You'll be at it for that. Whatever happens, you will not give up. That's when you would say stop. Then you will be free.
@sean-king
no one was going to try to take away decent people's freedom of speech, but they would very often try to take away the liberties of horrible people.