One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain’t.
Lyn Nofziger
[I have nothing to add.–Joe]
The View From North Central Idaho
Ramblings on explosives, guns, politics, and sex by a redneck Idaho farm boy who became a software engineer living near Seattle.
I do: there’s also the belief that we’re actually more secure. Many government safety policies strike me as spending money to accelerate the velocity within a circular path, while societal trends continue uninhibited on their original course. I find that the belief most difficult to pry from those with statist tendencies is that it is actually possible for a government to do on a grand scale the things it promises.