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Politics : FREE AMERICA

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To: goldworldnet who wrote (5838)5/11/2006 6:16:34 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (3) of 14758
 
benjamin franklin is without question one of my favorite 'founding fathers'

my question would be however..

when he stated this:

“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”

i have to wonder if he ever had foreseen the extreme vulnerability to a nation that would come from a digital age and the ability of individuals to use technology as weapons of mass destruction....ie, airplanes...

at any rate, even if he did, (which i doubt) just because he said it, a man whom i greatly admire and respect, doesn't make it right

think about it...

we give up a 'little freedom' every time we board an airplane...with good cause....and would be suicidal and foolish not to
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