let me also spare everyone the need to mangle Ben Franklins quote:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
i dont feel that i am giving up any "essential liberties". just as i dont feel like a jay walking law is infringing on my right to walk across the street... or feel threatened by the fact that a cop has the right to stand on the street and watch me cross it to see if i break that law.
we live in a civil society that depends on laws to maintain that order, security and safety for all. when the laws become innefective as the world around them evolves, they need to be changed, amended or new laws need to be created to adapt to the reality of that time.
people express concern that is born out of fear. i think that to some extent that is reasonable, but those fears unfortuneately do not address the real problems that the laws are created to deal with.
Last edited by -= JR =- at Dec 16 2002, 09:03 AM
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