Friday, June 03, 2005

Fair Play

I was folding laundry the other day when something my 10 year old son said caught my ear. He sat on the floor, playing with LEGO "Knight's Kingdom" figures and, while I don't know exactly what dark plot was ensuing, I was glad to find that he knew just how to handle it. I heard,
"...whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government...."

-The Declaration of Independence

I wish I'd had that kind of trumping power available to me as a child. About the best I could do is clench my fists, screw up my face and whine, "No fair!"

3 comments:

Rachael King said...

...not to offend any dear English friends... ;)

Rachael King said...

Yeah... classical education: expensive but wonderful. ;)

Hmmm... As for the Bush Administration... Perhaps nothing quite so extreme is justified just yet? I think that's what voting and Checks and Balances are for (not that they always work perfectly, of course).

Rachael King said...

Kids are capable of amazing feats. Ordinary kids, I mean. We just don't ask enough of them.