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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
We Americans take our security very seriously.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I'm with old Benjamin Franklin, who said “Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither.” As Anh says, all too often we go too far.
I think this following quote really tells the story, and I've lived most of my life by its idea:
" Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." by Helen Keller
If it's good enough for a brilliant blind and deaf woman, who am I to say I'm too frightened to try?
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It is called to be proactive instead of reactive. Better safe than sorry
If not for security officers at entries to the majority of public places in Israel there would be a lot more maimed and dead. When the suicide bomber realises s/he is going to be searched/exposed and triggers the bomb, there are far fewer casualties in the open space than if it happened
inside of a shopping mall or a cafe. The approach to the problem
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Originally Posted by maianhvk
and still there has been no terrorist checking in so far!
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is not a good enough excuse to comfort the relatives of the victims when it does happen for the first time and one promises that from now one the security will be in place.
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Originally Posted by beppe
The best flash is from wodka at room temperature...
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and enjoyed the rest of the story
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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Astra, I am glad your title says "the introvert" otherwise I would have never guess that about you...  |
One of the quirks of the Internet
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Taylors of Harrogate's "Yorkshire" tea in my cup
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Its close relative, the Gold one in my 4th! cup.
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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
^Gin is the devil's work.
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And thank heaven for that!  |
Today, I woke up at 05.47, 33min before the alarm. I knew the sleep is going to elude me. So, I steeped Fortnum and Mason's Assam Numalighur, took a cold shower while it was cooling down and read a book till 07.00
with a cup of Fortnum and Mason's Keemun to help Assam to turn a miserable morning into a short holiday! This Keemun is fantastic. I have decided that I am not going to purchase any other Keemun. Only from The East India Company and Fortnum and Mason. Maybe only the latter because I don't remember this almost like a sweet echo in Keemun before.