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To: af_vet_1981

A great man long ago seems to have described you pretty well.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759


55 posted on 11/20/2006 4:44:52 PM PST by treffner
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To: treffner

They key words being "essential liberty" and our essential liberty does not include rights for terrorists (or their supporters), other than the right to a fair trial and fast hanging (of our choice).


56 posted on 11/22/2006 4:28:26 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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