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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:13:57 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "ben () allenwood org" <ben () allenwood org> Date: August 18, 2005 5:01:53 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: declan () well com Subject: RE: [IP] Half of all Americans support a national ID card Reply-To: ben () allenwood orgMore than half of all Americans also support GWB, at least, enough to vote
for him in the past election (give or take a margin of error).Alexis de Toqueville warned of the "Tyranny of the Majority" but I feel we
have long since passed that mark...here are some of his quotes. "The moral authority of the majority is partly based on the notion that there is more intelligence and wisdom in a number of men united than a single individual, and that the number of legislators is more important that their quality." "I know of no country in which, speaking generally, there is lessindependence of mind and true freedom of discussion than in America [...] As long as the majority is still undecided, discussion is carried on; but as soon as its decision is irrevocably pronounced, everyone is silent, and the friends as well as the opponents of the measure unite in assenting to
its propriety." (This can also be called loyal dissent -- B.P.)Ok just one more, but this quote from de Toqueville seems eerily prescient of Chertoff's bullying remarks regarding the TSA registered flyer program:
"“The sovereign can no longer say, “You shall think as I do on pain of death”: but he says, “You are free to think differently from me, and toretain your life, your property, and all that you possess; but if such be your determination, you are henceforth an alien along your people. You may
retain your civil rights, but they will be useless to you, for you will never be chosen by your fellow-citizens, if you solicit their suffrages; and they will affect to scorn you, if you solicit their esteem. You will remain among men, but you like an impure being; and those who are mostly persuaded of your innocence will abandon you too, lest they should be shunned in their turn." Original Message: ----------------- From: David Farber dave () farber net Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:41:35 -0400 To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] Half of all Americans support a national ID card Begin forwarded message: From: Genny Pershing <gennypershing () yahoo com> Date: August 18, 2005 3:58:34 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Half of all Americans support a national ID card Would that be the bottom half or the top half? Sorry. Could not resist. (with tribute to Leno for funny headlines) G
Half of all Americans support a national ID card http://www.fcw.com/article89821-08-05-05-Web Half of all Americans have a favorable view of a national identity card while an overwhelming number support adding biometric data to government-issued identity documents, according to a new Internet survey. "We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare.. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made." --M. Facklam ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as ben () allenwood org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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