billyw
Mon May 10 14:02:00 CDT 2004
i like this man's thinking..
btw made your recipe... twas good
now going to make a pibil just trying to get a hold of achiota paste
"JaR" <plentenospam@nospamsofthome.net> wrote in message
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> Jtyc opined, On 5/10/04 11:10 AM:
>
> >>Freedom to pass through a metal detector and be frisked before entering
> >>public buildings.
> >>Freedom to the above plus identity screening before boarding an
airplane.
> >
> >
> > I think having no security is as bad an idea as having too much.
> >
>
> You asked billyw which freedoms you had lost recently. Whether you
> regret the loss or not is irrelevant, they are now a fact in this
> country. Personally, however, having to undergo a search of my person
> before being permitted to enter City Hall is repugnant to me. It seems a
> violation of every aspect of the freedoms our forefathers fought for.
> Security be damned!
>
> >
> >
> >>Freedom to wear seatbelts when I drive because I need sombody to look
> >>after my safety, I can't do it myself.
> >>Freedom to wear a helmet when I ride my bicycle for the same reason.
> >
> >
> > I agree these are pointless laws. If people are too stupid to buckle up
or
> > put on a helmet, so be it. Are those laws exclusive to the US?
> >
>
> The exclusivity or not of the laws, again, is irrelevant. This country
> was founded upon the principle of self-determination. That includes the
> right to auto-Darwinate. Shall we proclaim mountain climbing illegal
> next? Even with the libraries full of safety regulations in effect,
> people continue to die by the thousands annually in automobile
> accidents. It seems logical that the government should outlaw these
> fiendish instruments of mass destruction. In 2000,[1]there were 3,482
> unintentional drownings in the United States, an average of nine people
> per day. This does not include those who drowned in boating-related
> incidents. Should steps be taken to protect our citizens from that
> deadly liquid H2O?
>
> [1]
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drown.htm
>
> JaR
> Libertarian Thug