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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Greg or e who wrote (35277)10/23/2001 10:48:52 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
<The McCarthy hearings were a political witch hunt for people who had political and philosophical disagreements. It was not war, and no ones life was in imminent danger. >

Greg that is not true. This was the height of the Cold War. Those McCarthyists were gung ho. They were ready to suspend the Constitution because they were at war with the Soviets. As for me deciding to suspend the Constitution with my vigilantism vis-a-vis the family protection example, then that is me doing it and not an agency of the government. There is no protection for me if I take the law into my own hands. I will have to rely upon other things then and not expect protection from the rule of law.

Villans can hide in the government and abuse their perceived power with utter impunity while free from scrutiny and consequence.
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