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Re: CCTV Cameras in Britain




On Tue, Jul 15, 1997 at 05:43:59PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
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> 
> I wouldn't.  Its the state's duty to protect my liberties and if they can't
> or won't the obligation falls on me.
>
> The product of liberty and security is a constant.

This is obviously false.  Zero liberty and zero security is a quite
possible situation (laying strapped to the table, waiting for your 
lethal injection, for example), as is some liberty and some security (the 
normal situation).

Of course, in this context "liberty" is a religious word, with little 
semantic content.

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