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May 28th 05, 01:22 PM
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Recently, Matt Barrow posted:
"Skywise" wrote in message ... "bill hunter" wrote in : Snipola of excellent piece of sarcasm As Benjamin Franklin said... "He that would give up essential liberty for a little security deserve neither liberty nor security." (Or something close to that.) He also said, in the same paragraph, "The only way to preserve liberty is to never be secure.", (meaning: complacent. just as the US was pre 9/11.) I disagree with your interpretation that "never be secure" means "complacent". It could be just the opposite, to mean "responsibly vigilant", or "know what's going on around you". It's not necessary to impose on our freedoms to achieve this state of mind. Neil 
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May 28th 05, 02:36 PM
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"Neil Gould" wrote in message ... Recently, Matt Barrow posted: "Skywise" wrote in message ... "bill hunter" wrote in : Snipola of excellent piece of sarcasm As Benjamin Franklin said... "He that would give up essential liberty for a little security deserve neither liberty nor security." (Or something close to that.) He also said, in the same paragraph, "The only way to preserve liberty is to never be secure.", (meaning: complacent. just as the US was pre 9/11.) I disagree with your interpretation that "never be secure" means "complacent". It could be just the opposite, to mean "responsibly vigilant", or "know what's going on around you". It's not necessary to impose on our freedoms to achieve this state of mind. Think: security blanket.
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