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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That 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 new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

What's the Deal with this Blog's Name?

It's really quite simple. As I think of myself as a product of Western Civilization, that is, as a man of the West, I decided long ago that if I ever started another blog, I would name it "Man of the West." I'm something of a Celtophile, so I wanted to do it in Irish Gaelic--which I don't happen to speak. So I went to IrishGaelicTranslator.com and asked them to work it out for me. Some brief discussion followed, and this seemed, to my ignorant eyes, the best suggestion. It does mean "man of the west," but I was cautioned that a native Irish speaker would probably understand that as meaning a person from the west of Ireland, not necessarily a product of Western civilization.

That's okay. It's the best I can do, under the circumstances. And I happen to think it's pretty cool.
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