Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Wed, 09/04/2008 - 15:10.
Iqbal, you do not have the slightest idea what freedom means.
In the second world war many thousands of resistance fighters and soldiers were willing to risk their lives, to risk their property, to risk torture at the hands of fascist governments in the name of freedom. If they could not live as free citizens, then they preferred not to live at all.
Security means less than nothing if it comes at the price of liberty. This fact will not change, no matter how great the threat from terrorists, real or imagined.
When you fall to your knees in appreciation at the rape of your civil rights, you spit on the memories of every man and woman who fought in the French Resistance, every person who died in every war of independence, and everyone who has ever been killed by a terrorist.
What you offer, Iqbal, is cowardice and dishonor in exchange for the illusion of security. It is a fool's bargain and you reveal yourself not to deserve the freedom you seek to throw away.
Iqbal, you do not have the
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Wed, 09/04/2008 - 15:10.Iqbal, you do not have the slightest idea what freedom means.
In the second world war many thousands of resistance fighters and soldiers were willing to risk their lives, to risk their property, to risk torture at the hands of fascist governments in the name of freedom. If they could not live as free citizens, then they preferred not to live at all.
Security means less than nothing if it comes at the price of liberty. This fact will not change, no matter how great the threat from terrorists, real or imagined.
When you fall to your knees in appreciation at the rape of your civil rights, you spit on the memories of every man and woman who fought in the French Resistance, every person who died in every war of independence, and everyone who has ever been killed by a terrorist.
What you offer, Iqbal, is cowardice and dishonor in exchange for the illusion of security. It is a fool's bargain and you reveal yourself not to deserve the freedom you seek to throw away.
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