11 Sep
2001
11 Sep
'01
12:32 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Just to set the record straight ... I DID NOT SAY
ANYONE HAD TO GIVE
UP ANY PRIVACY RIGHTS. What I said, was that folks will, ultimately,
have to make some choices. In case you wonder about that, read my
entire post, please, and don't assume I said what you disagree with
just to piss you off.
what I said was, in part,
Oh, I understood what you said. You were even kind enough to re-quote it
for me.
"Sadly, the only way in which such acts can be
anticipated and
prevented in the future is for us to give up some of the privacy we
cherish."
And I still think you're incredibly misguided.
In this case, I disagree with Sellam ONLY in the sense
that I don't consider
No, you disagree with Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of this
country, and a very wise man at that.
It starts with doing your part by obeying the laws,
continues with
changing/obsoleting the ones you don't like, and making new ones as
they're needed, and, while it never ends, it also includes doing what
you have to in order to ensure everyone else does his part as well.
Ok, let's arrest the President, his staff, and all the Senators and
Congressmen who have put our nation in such a dire state by enacting
policies that have made us the enemy of the world. Let's then turn them
over to whomever is so pissed at them that they would kill innocent people
to get at them.
Are you willing to do that?
If you're not willing to do that, then you get
what you deserve.
Unfortunately, then everyone else gets what you deserve as well.
The U.S. has reaped what it has sown.
I'm listening to our fearless leader right now, continuing to make a
complete ass of himself. Impeachment anyone?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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