Right after 9-11 there was something people said:
“If we change the way we live, THEN THE TERRORISTS WIN..!!”
They had a point, but it was repeated so often that it seemed almost vapid:
“Tropical shirt today..? Or maybe the toned-down one...?”
“TROPICAL shirt, bro..! Don’t change, man..! Tone it down and the TERRORISTS WIN, MAN..!”
Silly, but you catch my drive. AND YET:
Observe just how incredibly much people are asking us to change now, will you? Tell me:
WHICH of our founders would have approved of the intercept and storage of ALL of our electronic communication..?
Can’t you see that even if we permitted the intercept of just 1% of it that we would no longer be America..? Yet we are permitting FAR more than that.
If we want to remain a free country then we profit immeasurable more by staying out of unnecessary wars and preventing the immigration of dangerous people —that’s MUCH cheaper, more feasible and will not compromise our basic institutions.
Observe just how incredibly much people are asking us to change now, will you? Tell me:
WHICH of our founders would have approved of the intercept and storage of ALL of our electronic communication..?
Can’t you see that even if we permitted the intercept of just 1% of it that we would no longer be America..? Yet we are permitting FAR more than that.
Yup. Throwing away all our freedoms because the gubmint promises to keep us “safe.” Yet many in here are perfectly ok with that.