>> It's a small price ...
>>
>>
>> No it's a very large price. Have you any idea how long it has taken
>> our ancestors to obtain the rights we all take so much for granted today. Chief
>> amongst these is the right not to be hauled off and thrown in jail without
>> recourse to the law and you would have us throw those rights away in an
>> instant.
>>
Its always the other persons rights that we don't care about, until its our turn.
Often cited by the Yanks but very true: "They who can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety". Benjamin Franklin
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