The Burden and Triumph of Principle

Depending on the climate of terror and destructio­n; a prosperous nation must excercize its authority to determine as to what it will continue to seek out among the citizens whom make the breadth of its existence. That said, noone wants big brother, but do you not want to have the jurisprude­nce of a loving body guard at your service. These acts to surveile some of our activities say on the internet and in the public arena are more of a body guard to protect our liberties rather than your big brother to limit your participat­ion in our democracy. True we must always be on guard for tyranny and that is the greatest fear, but today our CIA and FBI is made of a group of fine americans with positive leadership­. We must produce a world for our children where they can safely play in the square of public discourse and that our fathers and mothers can sleep well at night knowing that their children will be safe. I see little way around the patriot act such type legislatio­n when there are true forces at work to destroy the happiness and prosperity that we hold dear. So excuse me if I have never cried wolf on the idea that the FBI might someday check my cyberspace fingerprin­t and see what I am doing with my life. Like a finger print that they take to identify you in public, the patriot act is just checking your fingerprin­t in other modalities­.
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