[FoRK] Another one bites the dust

[Jeff Bone]

On Feb 27, 2008, at 11:09 AM, J. Andrew Rogers wrote:

> I'm having a really hard time getting worked up over the quote.

Even in context this quote is an example of some of the most  
pernicious right-thinking of the last several decades, namely:   
security needs justify any excess, any tyranny, etc.  At the end of  
the day this may well be true, but this philosophy has been  
egregiously abused over the years and is to blame for the rampant  
fearmongering of the right.

jb