Be afraid, be very afraid...

[Richard Meeker]

Benjamin Franklin said it best though:

"They that give up essential liberty for a little added safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."

Unfortunately, it seems that the majority of people in this country (being
as uninformed as they are), fall into the afore mentioned category.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Marvin
GodfatherofSoul Bellamy
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:35 PM
Cc: Kclug at Kclug. Org
Subject: Re: Be afraid, be very afraid...

What's funny about the Patriot Act and all of these draconian laws is
this is what our intelligence agencies wanted way before 9-11 even
happened.  Sure, they had enough information to know the terrorist
attacks were going to occur, but nothing like body bags and some John
Wayne dialog to get Americans riled up enough to give up their rights.

Read the news.

Jeremy Fowler wrote:

>House votes life sentences for hackers:
>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-965750.html
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>>Smith said: "Until we secure our cyberinfrastructure, a few keystrokes and
an
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>Internet connection is all one >needs to disable the economy and endanger
lives.
>A mouse can be just as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb."
>
>I seriously doubt an internet connection can kill anyone... A mouse as
dangerous
>as a bullet or a bomb? Please... This guy got some bad info.
>
><rant>
>I can't stand the fact that our Republican Government is trying to strip
away
>our rights one by one in the name of national security. I'm sick and tired
of
>reading about stupid laws that take away our rights. DMCA, The Patriot Act,
>CSEA, Homeland Security, and on and on... I swear our Government won't be
happy
>until it knows what everyone of us is doing at any given time. Do you
really
>think this bill would pass before Sept. 11? Do you really think we would be
back
>in Iraq if Sept. 11 never happened? Do you really think Americans would
gladly
>give up these freedoms in the name of Nation Security before Sept. 11? Do
you
>really think certain members of the government didn't know terrorists were
going
>to hijack airplanes and crash them into buildings? Please, they have us
right
>where they want us now. Fear is their weapon, fear that our lives are in
danger
>by "evil doers". Take away my rights, I don't care, just do whatever you
have to
>do to protect me and mine. Our country was founded by people who bravely
died
>for their freedom. They would turn over in their graves if they knew we
were
>gladly giving away these freedoms in our cowardice. We, as a nation, must
take
>back control of our freedom and stop being afraid. Many of us may die by
the
>hands of terrorists, but at least we die bravely in the name of freedom.
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