Re: RE XP or 2000

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from Harry Binswanger  on Thu, 27 Nov 2003
21:57:52 -0500


> putting a lock on the door only implies that some people out there are
> burglars.

A lock on the door simply keeps honest people honest. The burglar will get in
anyway. Go to any alt.binaries newsgroup for ample proof. Are you saying that
the lock implies that "only some" are burglars? Because what it implies to me
is that they think *I'm* a burglar -- otherwise why impose it on me? I mean,
if they were paying me to use their product, I'd understand; but I'm paying
them. Likewise airport security: I'm not a terrorist, so why search me? All
of this is accusation and coercion, often backed by the robotic stupidity of
police power, without even remotely probable cause. Hey, freedom has risks! I
subscribe to Ben Franklin's view: "They that can give up essential liberty to
obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
(Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759)

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Robert Holmgren
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