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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (53221)	7/18/2002 6:02:53 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

First, it's generally not about giving up complete rights, but of a degree to which they are curtailed. Seems, though, that you need a matrix. How many deaths, for example, would it take in order to allow the government to listen in on international telephone calls without a warrant? How many deaths in order to do random stops and searches of passengers on Amtrak trains. Etc. A rather gruesome exercise, but necessitated if one takes your approach.