--=-trUv0CtGlDq9jOAi5/Pj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 14:20, Richard L. Proctor wrote: > Privacy doesn't destroy terroism, it promotes it. I like the quote of one of our forefathers on this topic.... "They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."=20 -- Benjamin Franklin To put it succinctly the constitution provides me freedom not safety.=20 For example, I think the safest place to live would have been communist Russia. They had gold plated fixtures in their subway. Can you imagine such a thing in New York. Talk about safe. Oppressive for certain, but safe. In that you know the "rules" you are good to go. You may not be happy, you may be repressed, but you don't worry much about being mugged. --=20 Derek Neighbors GNU Enterprise http://www.gnuenterprise.org derek@gnue.org Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=3Ddneighbo --=-trUv0CtGlDq9jOAi5/Pj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAALfpHb99+vQX/88RAtcAAJ41EhtVi+UOGutGHJzABZp3yr/R1gCfQbc7 VM8wqZZmMjEpJuWbXwiBAYQ= =f/pN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-trUv0CtGlDq9jOAi5/Pj--