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Don't Trade Rights for Security

"Those who sacrifice essential liberty formany of them would tell you they wish they
temporary safety are not deserving of eitherwould have been a little more "obsessive and
liberty  or  safety."  --  Ben Franklin, 1776overzealous" about protecting their freedom
instead of sitting by passively and letting
In the wake of 9/11 and subsequent terroristthe  Islamic  fundamentalists  take  over.
attacks around the world, there is a real
temptation to allow the government to takeWhat about North Korea? Could a few more
away some of our most precious rights in"obsessive and overzealous" defenders of
exchange for greater security. We must resistfreedom have prevented that country becoming
this temptation. In order to have a freethe communist threat to the world that it is
society, there are certain prices that havetoday?
to be paid. One of those is the possibility
that someone will take advantage of ourWhat about Nazi Germany? Could Hitler's rise
freedom and use it as an opportunity toto power have been nipped in the bud if his
endanger us. So what if they do? Giving upopponents had been a little more "obsessive
any part of our freedom is not the answer. Inand overzealous" instead of being so timid?
fact, that's exactly what the terroristsCould we have used a few more "obsessive and
want.  When  we  do  that,  they  win.overzealous" defenders of civil liberties in
Germany when six million Jews were losing
The U.S.A. Patriot Act is a step in the wrongtheir  lives?
direction and could represent a slippery
slope toward further erosion of our rights.What if George Washington, John Adams, Thomas
Write your Representative and Senators andJefferson, and the other Founding Fathers
ask them to repeal the U.S.A. Patriot Act andwould have just given in to England's demands
avoid passing similar legislation in theinstead of being so "obsessive and
future. If we don't do something soon, theoverzealous" about their freedom? And Patrick
U.S. could soon have policies similar to manyHenry? Surely he was an "obsessive and
communist, fascist, and Islamicoverzealous" person if there ever was one.
fundamentalist countries, all under the guiseWhy he was even "obsessive and overzealous"
of  greater  security!enough to say "give me liberty or give me
death"  and  really  mean  it!
People have accused me of being "obsessive
and overzealous" on this issue but that'sThere are plenty of well-meaning but
okay with me. Ask some of the senior citizensmisguided and fearful individuals out there
in Cuba who have been under Castro'swho are lobbying Congress to limit our First
repressive regime for 45 years how they feeland Second Amendment, habeas corpus, and
now. I bet many of them wish they would haveother rights even further. We must let our
been a little more "obsessive andvoices be heard or the voices of those people
overzealous" about their freedom in 1959,will be the only ones they hear. It only
instead of standing by passively when thetakes a few minutes to make a difference. Of
communists took over. Look what it's gottencourse, it doesn't take any time at all to
them!sit back and let your rights completely
erode.  The  choice  is  yours.
If some of those currently under Islamic rule
in the Arab world were free to say what they"I would remind you that extremism in defense
thought about their situations now, I betof liberty is no vice.



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