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In article <Bwtu2u.1G5@exnet.co.uk>, s0rah@exnet.co.uk (R A Hollands) writes...

>In article <1992Oct27.214344.25766@tessi.com> george@tessi.com (George Mitchell) writes:
>>denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu (Dorothy Denning) writes a spirited
>>defense of the trial balloon.
>>
>>I'll leave the response to that well-known radical, Benjamin Franklin:
>>
>>"Those who give up a little liberty to obtain safety deserve neither
>>liberty nor safety."
>>
>>-- George Mitchell (george@tessi.com)
> 
>Do you have children?  Did Benjamin Frankiln when he said this?  Do you
>have crime in your area?
> 
>Fortune has my hostages.  I'll take a little safety thanks.
> 
>Richard.

   I think Richard may have misunderstood.  Safety is precisely what
   we seek when we refuse to have our liberties taken from us.  In
   fact, I do not think my own life will suffer from the steady erosion
   of personal liberty; it is for my children that I maintain vigilance.