[TheForge] Mark Krause held on bomb making charges POL:

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

On 12/13/2010 9:20 AM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>
> peter fels&  phoebe palmer wrote:
>> Well;
>> I;ve been shooting off my mouth about this issue, left and right and am
>> having second thoughts.
>> I'm reasonably sure they scan us along with most everything else.
>> Where do you balance freedom of speech with legal tactics and Mc Carthy
>> era fears?
> 	First, McCarthy was dead-nuts on.  He was a good man and was eaten
> alive in the pit of vipers.  Let there be no mistake about it, he was
> absolutely correct in EVERY single allegation made.  There is not a
> single exception to this.  Not even one.
We completely disagree!
Mc Carthy was quict to violate the principles you just laid down.
> 	That aside, in all conflict between human rights and other issues,
> rights always prevail.  All political considerations must yield to the
> rights of the individual.  No exceptions.  Ever.  Period.  The moment
> you make the first exception you have, in principle, opened the doors
> for tyranny.  Any institutionalized violation of any human right,
> regardless of how seemingly trivial, constitutes tyranny.  Either men
> are free or they are slaves.  There is NOTHING in between.  There is no
> such thing as "degrees" of freedom.  Freedom is absolute and
> indivisible.  Slavery, on the other hand, comes in shades.  Pretty
> slavery is ever so seductive because the prices people pay for the deign
> of their masters appears worthwhile to them... until the masters change
> their minds about things.  That's when the real price comes into clearer
> view.
That may have worked well when we were a huge nation , rich in good 
land  and resources
  with relatively people and lots of space in between....but that's not 
where the nation is at any more.
> Try this:
>
> 	http://freedomisobvious.blogspot.com
>
> Some essays on freedom, what it really means, etc.
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