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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (755000)	11/26/2006 12:54:31 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"1.Are you saying that you would not give up any freedoms to guarantee safety from terrorists?" Probably I would give up some if you could guarantee that.... CAN it be guaranteed? (And: WHICH 'freedoms' do you propose be swapped for this 'guarantee'????????) So --- in practicality and rationality --- it all DEPENDS on the cost/benefit ratio. Since there ARE NO 'guarantees' in life... WHAT freedom are you proposing we trade away? and WHAT degree of improvement is supposed to be gained in our safety from terrorist attack by trading this particular freedom away? "2. How come you couldn't give this response many posts earlier?" Now I'm confused.... I thought I was giving clear, responsive, and consistent replies all along....