Well, I'm sure the government could come up with something that would be guaranteed to make us 100% safe from terrorists. I'm not sure I would like what they came up with, though...
'Course, then it wouldn't work, after all...
There should be a limit on how much liberty we give up for safety. Each citizen draws the line in his own place. I guess you draw it a little closer to "safety". May your chains rest on ye lightly, friend...
No, I hope the chains are heavy. Crushingly heavy. Maybe then people will understand.
Here's a "for instance". Congress just rewrote the bankruptcy laws.
How many folks know the following? During the colonial years, England developed a nasty little habit. If a person was in debt, it made no sense to imprison them, because then they couldn't work and pay back the debt.
So they came up with a nice little plan, they would imprison YOUR CHILDREN.
And of course there was only about a 25 percent chance that your child would live through disease and starvation.
When you know the REASONS the founders wrote the stuff they did, you become far less willing to give it up.
But, in fact, probably not.
Civil liberties are a moot point when basic liberties are absent. I guess I just hold the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness more dear.
And I haven't had any of my civil liberties impinged since we went to war with Iraq and neither has anybody else I know. I'd wager that goes for you too, and everybody else posting on this thread.