Erik wrote.... > I want my liberties. Don't you go giving them away without my > permission. > Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
OK, I know better than to post a non-specific remark like what I wrote originally to this list. The question of giving up liberties for safety is much like the question of gun control or free speech. There *must* be reasonable limits for everything - including freedom and liberty. IS doing a background check when purchasing a gun infringing on someone's liberty? Actually yes it is, BUT, that is a small liberty that is given up for the greater good of protecting innocent people from a deranged lunatic purchasing a gun. Would random checks of bags being carried by suspicious people in a known targeted mall be infringing on someone's liberty. Yes it would, but I would certainly support that - on a temporary basis. Rob wrote.... > I will tolerate inconvenience and hassles to provide for > safety and to preserve liberty. Liberty is to precious for > any individual or group to be allowed to dispense. Who do you > trust with your liberty? There must be a balance between liberty and safety. Sometimes that balance can temporarily tip one way or the other, depending on the immediate situation. Is there really a difference between "inconvenience and hassles" and giving up some liberties *temporarily* to ensure safety? When every aircraft in the US was grounded on Sept 11th, wasn't that technically infringing on the liberty of the other passengers? Or was that a temporary suspension of liberty for those passengers to ensure the greater good of protecting others from similar attacks? Erik wrote.... > That's like saying you would pay all the money in a bank to > ransom a child from a kidnapper. Or saying that you would > trade the life of a child in North Dakota to save the life of > your child. Would I pay all the money in a bank to ransom my children or sacrifice someone else to save my children from imminent death? Yes I would. The instinct to protect ones children, at almost any cost, is as basic as the instinct for survival. Gary _______________________________________ Conscientia non oboedientia honor est. Honor is conscience, not obedience.
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