steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

I know this comment comes a bit late in the day (well, I can claim it is still Veteran's Day in other areas in the U.S.), but I nevertheless wanted to say thanks to those who fought and gave their lives for the freedoms I hold very dear.
I was just doing my before-bed reading and I came across an article about people fighting the latest atomic material transport through Germany. My feelings aside regarding the issue of atomic transport as a whole, I almost began to lament the fact that these people had the freedom to do what they are doing... I thought a bit about that, then I realized where my real irritation lies - it is in the fact that we have an activist mentality concerning things of idealism - i.e. what we as a society should be for or against - but rarely do people picket and fight for those things which concern the spiritual and mental well-being of the individual. Where are the protesters fighting for our right to allow societal decisions not to be made by a group of pannicked and uninformed people, but individuals who are capable of best making decisions for our society by pursuing their own interests?
I guess what irritates me most is that the constant energy shown by activists is not put towards a more noble cause of limiting the power of dictators and tyrannical regimes in the world - similar to the way many of the forefathers of the free world did for us.