http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/05/jonah/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/05/jonah/comment-page-1/#comment-414837 Tom G. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:14:56 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/05/jonah/#comment-414837 He hints at Chesterton's : "You don't love your country because it is great; your country is great because you love it." Love in the sense of sacrifice & service. Same could be said for husbands and wives and we also abandon these much too frequently. GKC also said: "My country right or wrong" is like saying "My mother drunk or sober." And modern utopians screw this up when they beat mother senseless to save her from drink. He hints at Chesterton’s : “You don’t love your country because it is great; your country is great because you love it.” Love in the sense of sacrifice & service. Same could be said for husbands and wives and we also abandon these much too frequently. GKC also said: “My country right or wrong” is like saying “My mother drunk or sober.” And modern utopians screw this up when they beat mother senseless to save her from drink.

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