IP: Sad but no doubt true (last para ) djf -- Life vs. liberty

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Ridgely C. Evers" <revers () evers org>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> Dave,
>
> As John Lyon said in one of your forwardings, "I have the rights to life,
> liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Perhaps no accident that life comes
> first in that phrase?"
>
> I was struck today by the fact that Wall Street was completely blocked off
> by police (at least in part so that the traders on the NYSE would feel
> safe), and that an apparently growing number of flight attendants have
> refused to fly because they feel that security procedures are inadequate to
> insure their safety.
>
> The McPaper (USA Today) reported that 50+% of people surveyed said that
> Arabs (even if American citizens) should be subjected to intensified
> security scrutiny at airports, and 49% said they should be required to carry
> special ID cards.
>
> It would seem that some of the people who feel most at risk are, indeed,
> willing to "give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety" -- at least temporarily.
>
> Politicians will run with this.
>
> --Ridge
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