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11 comments
Anne says:
Feb 28, 2013
Is this the army base?
Joseph W says:
Feb 28, 2013
Or not…
Rebecca W says:
Feb 28, 2013
Love this.
There is a way which seems right to a man? …
Matt Schneider says:
Feb 28, 2013
Reminds me of the sign at the entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp: “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work makes one free). Dante got the subtext right: “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate” (Abandon all hope, ye who enter here). What does the sign say at Bastoy prison say?
michael cooper says:
Feb 28, 2013
“Don’t forget to apply your sunscreen.”…..There’s just law, law, law everywhere.
R-J Heijmen says:
Feb 28, 2013
Nice MC! And to respond to Anne: to be honest with you, I’m not sure where it really is. I’m just taking this website’s word for it – http://www.monstercommute.com/obedience-to-the-law-is-freedom/ – which I found preparing for a talk on freedom this morning…
Lisa says:
Feb 28, 2013
I lived there in the 70′s– doesn’t look familiar, though I was a kid. I will say Ft Dix has always been an armpit.
Nick Thurmer says:
Feb 28, 2013
“Obedience/received faith, from the One who fulfilled the Law is freedom!
Thought provoking post! Thanks R.J.!!
Alison says:
Feb 28, 2013
I’m about to walk through the very gates (apparently) of Fort Dix to join the US ARMY here in NJ – I test next week. Call me crazy. No, really, tell me I’m crazy to do that if you think so. And the timing of this post is perfect…it feels like a cosmic joke on me.
R-J Heijmen says:
Mar 1, 2013
Allison –
that’s amazing! I don’t know if you’re crazy(God works in mysterious ways:), but can you verify if this picture actually is Ft Dix? That would be awesome.
Alison says:
Mar 1, 2013
O man!
Uhmm…I didn’t drive through those gates when I entered the Fort last week. But that looks like a “walking only” entrance, huh? Maybe when you drive onto the Fort (which is now a 3-in-one, joint base: McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst) the deception begins…It LOOKS like a regular, well-to-do neighborhood entrance with a security gate and a silly security guard, but the reality is barbed wire and rifles all around the perimeter.
Maybe I should print up this picture, walk around the base, then ask all of the high-ranking officials what the heck the fence is for – all while declaring that I plan to enlist soon. Good idea?