From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Just like the Patriot Act and a lot of other laws.

Bob Lewis

"David N. Barnett"  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 May 2004 21:46:02 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote
> in message :
>
> | But the bigger point is that we accept the measured risk of dying
everytime
> | we get into the car, if we begin to accept the chance of dying by virtue
of
> | standing next to a suicide bomber at the supermarket, then all the BS
about
> | the big bad Patriot Act is so much, well, BS. The idea is to exert
greater
> | survellieance now to nip the problem in the bud before it becomes
> | commonplace, then tone it back down.
>
> Those last five words are the kicker.  Once you give a power to the
> government, they will never relinquish it.
>
> The income tax was supposed to be temporary, wasn't it?

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