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Originally Posted by Milarepa
While I agree in principle, in actual practice this no longer holds true, the will of the people is very poorly represented at this moment in time in the United States government. And the election process has become somewhat of a joke.
I do agree that to have a functioning society there has to be a balance between safety and security, that does not invalidate the point however that every time "safety" makes a gain "freedom" loses. It goes both ways so when "freedom" makes a gain we lose some "security." That is the price we pay living in a free society. My personal opinion is that we are beginning to lose an acceptable balance between the two. I for one would prefer to err on the side of freedom, and hope that a free society will make the choices collectively to also ensure some measure of security.
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Then vote the Republicans out of office and hope that the Democrats don't go all security minded on you. But, don't blame the fact that you don't like the law on attorneys ... who didn't WRITE the law in the first place.
Do they really not teach you guys this stuff in High School Civics???