Well said Gruss, well said. I tried to say this about 5 times, but couldn't make it sound the way I felt, so I abandoned the posts altogether. Thank you.
Ray Gruss Gott wrote: >>Matthew wrote: >>But the fact that a government exists speaks volumes about the fact that >>people must have rules imposed on them in order to protect the greater good. >>That's why I care. >> > > > WHOA! You and I are on different sides of politics! The "rules", > IMO, only exist to protect our freedoms, not to regulate our behavior > to meet some arbitrary standard. > > The rules are to protect me from those that would take my liberty and > I'd say your post makes you definitely sound like someone I need to be > protected from. In fact your post reminds me the apt but cheesy lines > in Star Wars. > > In response to Siddius' proclamation that his new powers were to > protect the republic's security, Padme says, "so this is how liberty > dies; to thunderous applause." > > Cheesy, but true. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159855 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
