[rogue_librarian]

Spoken like a true... uh, nevermind.

OK, in all seriousness civil liberties and the "rights of the individual" are obviously a good thing [tm]. The latter (ie rights of the indiviual) must not and in fact cannot be the be all and end all, however. Society at large, the common good -- call it what you want -- plays a certain role, too. I am not in favor of communism, just saying that in a cooperative society the individual as such is not the only factor to be considered.