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On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:17:12 -0700, Bruce Chambers
wrote:
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>They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
I'm sure when Ben Franklin said this, it was appropriate and worth
saying.
But in general, it's not true. Everyone except criminals deserve
both liberty and safety, and if one is forced to choose one over the
other, even if makes what others consider a bad choice, even if he
makes what he later considers a bad choice, he still deserves both.
wrote:
>
>They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
I'm sure when Ben Franklin said this, it was appropriate and worth
saying.
But in general, it's not true. Everyone except criminals deserve
both liberty and safety, and if one is forced to choose one over the
other, even if makes what others consider a bad choice, even if he
makes what he later considers a bad choice, he still deserves both.