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Actually, Ben said this many times, in many different ways.
And if you aggregate all of them, and mix in a bunch of the other things he said, this point he was trying to make becomes very clear (I'm PARAPHRASING Ben now, so all you literalists please don't get your drawers in a bunch):

Freedom is MUCH more important than safety, because without freedom we are nothing more than zoo animals safely ensconced in our cages.

According to the article, this new Big Brother idea seems to be promoted by the people who want to protect the kids from sexual predators and pornography, and the next step in the process will be accusing people like me --- who are vehemently opposed to it --- as being soft on protecting children.

Of these people I ask "where the heck are the PARENTS of these kids who are in danger?" Any mom or dad who uses the Internet OR television as a baby sitter, and doesn't involve himself or herself with overseeing those activities, should be charged with child abuse. And all the whining about "Aw, I don't have the time" or "I don't understand the technology" REALLY means "I don't have the time or knowledge to be a parent" and those kids should be taken away from those parents.

With the horse before the cart this way, any argument FOR this invasion of privacy and violation of personal freedoms becomes moot.
Posted by: Judas I.   Posted on: 06/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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And here is where I cry rights violation  nucrash | 06/16/05
I think it has Homeland Security  ebrke | 06/16/05
Ben Franklin Quote  bhartman36 | 06/16/05
REread that again...  Joe Blow_z | 06/16/05
Material  bhartman36 | 06/16/05
Not necessarily legal  deadgoat | 06/18/05
Good Point  bhartman36 | 06/18/05
Actually, Ben said this many times, in many different ways.  Judas I. | 06/16/05
Freedom vs. Security  bhartman36 | 06/16/05
Good points, and I agree with you ...  Judas I. | 06/16/05
Arbitrary or Despotic Control  bhartman36 | 06/17/05
Once again, I agree with you, but ...  Judas I. | 06/17/05
Individualism and Freedom  heeltap26 | 06/23/05
Benjamin Franklin  Joe Blow_z | 06/16/05
The quote works anyway  Protector | 06/16/05
Is there a liberty that's not essential?  bhartman36 | 06/16/05
start thinking  Protector | 06/17/05
Freedom with Responsibility  osreinstall | 06/17/05
Essential Freedoms  bhartman36 | 06/17/05
if the terrorist get us to give up our freedoms  JasonL31 | 06/18/05
How the Terrorists Win  bhartman36 | 06/18/05
I don't want to pay for this  Protector | 06/16/05
GW Bush's ISP Log  itanalyst | 06/16/05
good stuff  r7di697 | 06/17/05
FOor my good please set cameras at my home...  FirstNLastN | 06/16/05
if you don't know what you're doing....  pesky_z | 06/16/05
Get a warrant  Spats30 | 06/16/05
they want to bypass warrants  JasonL31 | 06/18/05
Your ISP as a Net watchdog - It's 1984 d?j? vu.  csagnard | 06/16/05
I guess IBM wasn't the only thing sold to China  BitTwiddler | 06/16/05
Intriguing reading for you................  btljooz | 06/16/05
No it doesn't  osreinstall | 06/16/05
Jeez  r7di697 | 06/17/05
ISP record retention  TeddyC_z | 06/17/05
This is a pathetic attempt to be a big brother  Been_Done_Before | 06/17/05
Proxy servers, etc.  bhartman36 | 06/17/05
VPN would take off  JasonL31 | 06/18/05
Re: Once again, I agree with you, but (from OButterball)  bhartman36 | 06/17/05
'Undernets' will spring up everywhere...  Colonel_Panic | 06/17/05
exactly - this would not effect terrorist  JasonL31 | 06/18/05
Too many lawyers surf porn, this SCREAMS civil rights...  Colonel_Panic | 06/17/05
if the terrorist get us to give up our freedom  JasonL31 | 06/18/05
wrong terrorist will use old fasion bbs style comunication  JasonL31 | 06/18/05

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