of the rights today are extensions of the older ones, but some of them have
gone in directions that Franklin would never have thought of.
I wonder if the ability to sue people is considered a right. I wonder what
Franklin would think of that.
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From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:06 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: cat stevens
At 14:00 9/23/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes, yes it does but it is another step from the quote. We're talking today
>about giving up certain freedoms in return for security. In response to
>this, many throw the Franklin quote. The response is that it's a different
>time. the counter is to point out the attrocities of that time. The counter
>is to say they were not the same. counter. counter. counter.
>The massacring of indian tribes was a crime on par with any suicide bombing
>today. Could the indians have given up freedoms for security? Should they
>have? Look at what freedoms existed then and now. We're more free than ever
>and we hold things as personal freedoms that were not even thought of years
>ago. I want freedom of privacy. I don't want people knowing my buying
>habits, what's in my home or what color underwear I'm wearing. I don't want
>people coming into my home looking for a terrorist, drugs, guns or
whatever.
>Years ago, these 'rights' were totally unknown. Franklin had no concept of
>the freedoms we have today and if he did, he's probably laugh at them.
I would disagree with that statement. Many of the freedoms that we have
today are a derivative of the freedom and liberty that Franklin is talking
about. The idea of cyber theft is a modern day phenomena, but it's really
just an extension of unrightfully taking another property.
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