Woodstock and Auschwitz

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Food for the Thinkers

Not to blow my own horn, but I said this first:

“When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock.
When you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz.”

Thank you Mike Blevins for finding this picture.

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My name is Doug Newman. I live in Aurora, Colorado, just outside Denver. Food for the Thinkers is mostly about the connection between Christianity and libertarianism. Most Christians do not understand libertarianism. And most libertarians do not understand Christianity. Hopefully, this blog helps clear up those misunderstanding. Check out my old page at www.thefot.us And remember: When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock. But when you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz.

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2 Responses to Woodstock and Auschwitz

Manuel Miles says:

November 8, 2012 at 5:27 am

That quote is the best thing you ever said or ever will, Doug.

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Stephen Woolsey says:

January 23, 2014 at 1:05 am

There is a risk in human conditions, whether individually or in governments, that we must to a degree allow fellow citizens to choke their path. It is only when those choices are wrong is there a justification to not “let” someone do something. That was the risk God made in the Garden of Eden and it is the same position that is still right today. The reason it is a risk is that Sin is our lot and we will follow it when we get the chance except for rare occasions of sanctified people acting out their faith. Yet we do not have the right to disallow much in society. The real answer is in leading folks to conversion in Christ, the only true vehicle of change to man, since he is the only source of Man. This is the only track we, as believers, possess. I mention this as a caution when I read what we must “allow and not allow.” we walk the knife’s edge between legalism and license. It is never an easy road. Blessings.

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