Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Chesterton was right (again)

http://www.scottishapartment.com/blog/put-the-pipes-down-and-step-away-from-the-bag

Chesterton said that, "When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws."

We've broken, attempted to repeal or forgotten some big laws - at least our governments have. I don't know how this is related to breaking big laws, but it most surely is a petty and small law.

Addendum:

A commenter has mentioned the article on Chesterton in the current issue of the New Yorker. For those who have read the article, I recommend a counterbalancing dose consisting in Dale Ahlquists's response, which you can read here:

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2117

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is an analysis of Chesterton's life and work in the most recent issue of The New Yorker.

Maggie Fox
maggiefox2920@yahoo.com

Kamilla said...

Hi Maggie,

I'm not able to read the article online, but I may check the next time I'm at the library.

Dale Ahlquist has written a response, which I hope will be printed in the next edition.

Kamilla

Anonymous said...

Thanks! I am really not familiar with Chesterton at all.