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Originally Posted by luciferase75
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Ben Franklin
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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
-John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
You would protect one's "liberties" of treason, slander, and incitement to ethnic cleansing?
I think perhaps you are misreading what Franklin means by "essential liberty."
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It's up to the listener as to whether violence is necessary or not, and up to the DA to prosecute if the listener acts poorly.
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Does this imply that Charles Manson isn't as guilty as we were lead to believe?