celejar wrote:
On 1/22/07, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:25:23AM -0600, John C wrote:
> >I would rather be exposed to the inconvenience attending too much
Liberty
> >than those attending too small degree of it.
> > - Thomas Jefferson
[snip]
> By the way, I do love the quote. :-)
So did I, as soon as I saw it. There are a lot of similarly great
quotes from Jefferson and his friends, but this is one of the few that I
can fit into a 4-line .sig. :)
I would respectfully differ. This sort of thing is stirring but
somewhat content-free. We all agree that giving up too much liberty
for too little security is a really Bad Idea, and we also all agree
that giving up a bit of liberty for increased security is essential
(does anyone believe that nuclear weapons should be commercially
available and totally unregulated?). The great political questions are
ultimately those of degree, which of course does not mean that they
aren't profoundly important. I make the same objection to the famous
Ben Franklin quote about "those who would give up essential liberty"
[0].
Celejar
[0] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
Oooops.. there I was about to answer Dave's post with a "I can
live with persuasion :)" type comment, when you point out that we
are drifting into a almost political discussion.
Then you pick on one of my favorite Franklin quotes and bring us
to the edge of a Nucular war.:(
That was good.... :)
Oh well! since a political discussion does not belong on this
list, I'll drop it. :)
Cheers.
John
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]