A National ID Card

[bluebomber]

Originally posted by lisa

I'll end MY rant with one of my favorite quotes:

"People who are willing to sacrifice freedom in exchange for security will receive neither" - B. Franklin

Arrrgggggggh. That's one of my favorite quotes too, at least when BF isn't misquoted:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

The problem with the misquoting is that it covers too much. For example, I give up freedom every time I get in my car and drive the speed limit. The security that I get in exchange is that nobody else (for the most part) is driving whatever speed they want. However, that is not an essential liberty, nor is the safety temporary.

When do the liberties become essential and the security temporary? That gets a little fuzzy.

-bb