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Originally Posted by dyna mo
where do y'all draw the line on the price of freedom?
serious question.
speed limits? double yellow lines? crosswalks? guns? bombs? nuclear suitcases?
say whatever you want whenever you want whereever you want?
park your shit wherever? do whatever the fuck you want because, hey, that's true freedom for 800 million people?
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Its pretty simple really...Your freedom ends where someone elses begins.
The Constitution as pretty clear that it limits what the government can do, not grants rights to people but recognizes rights as inalienable. The Patriot Act, FISA, The NDA, RICO, The war on (pick one) all usurp those freedoms, in the name of keeping us safe from these government created dragons.
Our founding fathers saw that this was a dangerous possibility and Ben Franklin himself said something to the effect that anyone who gives up his freedom for security deserves neither