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Originally Posted by pilotbob
What I don't understand is how you "think" it protects you? You did read 1984?
You know how they say, if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns? I think this applies here too.
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I don't think Steve thinks so. I think he's gauging what others think.
And he may be right. There's a scene in Jules Fieffer's play "Little Murders", where a character is calling for more police, surveillance cameras in the streets ... "This is my
freedom I'm talking about!", he wails, with no hint of irony. And from his view, he's right. He's concerned with his freedom to walk down the street without worrying about being mugged, beaten, robbed, and possibly killed.
Freedom from fear is the most beguiling of freedoms, and some folks will give up a lot to get it, because they don't see it as constricting
their lives if it happens.
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Dennis