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Freedom isn't free, no. But denying freedom in the name of freedom makes no sense and doesn't work - and this has been known all the way back to the time of the founding fathers, when Benjamin Franklin said "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." If the US is truly in danger, the majority of people would fight - it's natural instinct to be willing to fight when one sees a clear danger to one's own interests. So, when the US is truly in danger, people will be willing enough to fight that those who aren't, for whatever reason, are irrelevant. If, when the US is in a clear danger, there are still not enough people willing to fight, it says more about the US than the people.
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"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling
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