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Old 04-30-2004, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Aether
I would laugh hysterically at any government "guaranteeing" protection from terrorist attacks. It's like promising that no cataclysm like flood or earthquake will ever occur again.
Of course no government could make such a guarantee. My question was, and is, IF such a guarantee was possible (which in the real world it never would be), what if any freedoms you would be willing to give up.

I am curious to see what people would give up to be ABSOLUTELY safe.
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