House of Paine

kool kold war screed

 imagine its 1947 

 we're in 
a beautiful 
well appointed alpine chateau 

 over looking 
     gods natural gifts..

and yet 
 
           only one upheaval
                         away

                    the iron curtain waits

==============================================================



   


  "The central values
                  of civilization 
                 are in danger 

Over large stretches 
of the earth’s surface 
the essential conditions 
of human dignity
 and freedom 
           have already disappeared.
 
and in the rest  
            
          the  free individual 
                       and
                     the voluntary group 
 to survive 
           must constantly  face down      
           the   hounds  of arbitrary power "



 "Even thoat   most precious 
                      possessions 
                            of Western Man
 
                        - freedom of  expression -
 
                                  is   threatened 
             
                      by  the relentless  spread of creeds

                         which              
                   though 
                   they  claim  the privilege of tolerance 
                           when in the minority

            yet seek  to establish 
                  a position of power
                    for themselves
                    from   which  
                           they can 
                                   suppress 
                                       and  
                                     in the end  obliterate
                                    all views but their own.


=============================================================