http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/federal_judge_overturns_patriot_act_gag_rule/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:55:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/federal_judge_overturns_patriot_act_gag_rule/comment-page-1/#comment-150513 MikeT Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:03:35 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/09/federal_judge_overturns_patriot_act_gag_rule/#comment-150513 It is all but cliche now, but the terrorists will have really won if the public is willing to allow the government to "do anything to keep them safe." I find that attitude detestable as well. The greatest crime of democracy is that those who would empower the government so much, out of a slavish fear for their lives, have the power to take down the real citizens with them. It is all but cliche now, but the terrorists will have really won if the public is willing to allow the government to "do anything to keep them safe." I find that attitude detestable as well. The greatest crime of democracy is that those who would empower the government so much, out of a slavish fear for their lives, have the power to take down the real citizens with them.

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