[dhuffman@awod.com]

So Ben Franklin was wrong? Which civil right do you think will buy security?

Now is not the time for throwing out stuff, or for throwing out civil rights for fear of the unintended consequences, but it is a time to retreat to principles.

What, you may ask, is a 'principle'? I don't know but I do know that they must not be compromised! That's how I know a principle when I see it.

[Amelia]

I'm not saying we should give up civil rights, I'm saying that haing the military defend OUR soil and OUR borders to me is more important than most of the foreign ventures we've been involved with over the last 40 years. Do you agree or disagree?

[Amelia]

What, you may ask, is a 'principle'? I don't know but I do know that they must not be compromised! That's how I know a principle when I see it.

But might YOUR "principle" (must never be compromised) be someone else's "guideline" (general rule, but might sometimes be broken for good reason)?