On 18 Sep 2003 at 10:56, Collins Richey boldly uttered: > Homeland Security is scarcely the same as the Nazi SS. Where and when, pray > tell, have they descended upon any innocent group of citizens, knocking heads > and breaking up property?
The US government has already been detaining people simply because they are of "middle eastern descent". There was quite an uproar in Southern California about this, and not by the people who are in danger (because they're afraid of the consequences) but from other citizens who are appalled by the police-state tactics. There have actually been a number of politicians who have suggested we need to re-institute internment camps, just like we had in WWII. According to most historians, that was a pretty dark day in the US's history, and here we have "community leaders" merrilly suggesting we do it again. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. --Hermann Goering (1893 - 1946), at the Nuremburg Trials -- Philip J. Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users