Hi Dan,

On Sat 2037-Apr-11 19:46, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> Those freedoms and liberties are what separates us from other
 RW> countries.  without them, the United STates is meaningless, just
 RW> another geographic division or however you want to put it.  Those are
 RW> what makes us different, and preferrable to living elsewhere.

DC> It's the slow erosion of those rights that is the worst of it.  The 
DC> Slippery Slope is hidden by the small bites taken away.  

Agreed, and something most folks don't even bother to
consider.  ONerous security is met with "I've got nothing to hide, so
I"m not worried about it.  YOu only should worry
about them if you've something to hide."  wrong answer!

DC> It is hard, nearly impossible, to restore those rights once they are
DC> gone.   

Power once acquired is never willingly relinquished.

DC> As such, I'm quite disappointed with the current Justice
DC> Department's  position to continue with the domestic spying started
DC> under W,  Even  worse, it appears they want to extend the gvt's
DC> rights with blanket  immunity.  

SEe above.

Regards,
           Richard
... If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
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