[Phil V.]

Exceptional analysis...

Indeed! Exceptionally frightening that TGORN is willing to "throw the baby out with the bath".

He who trades freedom for security deserves neither. For my country to follow the path of action recommended by TGORN is for my country to transmogrify into some grotesque caricature of itself, unrecognizable, unlovable and (ultimately) unfree to the vast majority.

[exodus]

To: Teacher317; The Ghost of Richard Nixon
"...He who trades freedom for security deserves neither.
For my country to follow the path of action recommended by TGORN
is for my country to transmogrify into some grotesque caricature of itself,
unrecognizable, unlovable and (ultimately) unfree to the vast majority."
# 69 by Phil V.
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The Patriot Act did just that; it took "a little" of our freedom
in order to provide safety for our people.
Don't bother saying "we are at war," that is plainly a lie.

A war has someone to be at war with.
A war doesn't worry about offending the same people
we're supposed to be at war with.