On the first of December 1862, with his country torn apart in Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln told America, “In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.”
On Christmas Day that year Lincoln visited soldiers in hospitals. Then the president commissioned artist Thomas Nash to create the first modern image of Santa Claus, in the cause of freedom.
What a wonderful Christmas spirit that was: visiting those wounded in a righteous cause and creating art celebrating generosity.
In the modern world, freedom is under constant threat.
Why cant we give freedom to each other anymore?
Why cant we even communicate?
Geoff Fox, Terra Nullius, December 1st, 2019
FREEDOM, DEMOKRASI AND CIVILISED HUMANITY 
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