1996-07-21 - Re: Devil’s Bargain

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From: Seth Oestreicher <setho@westnet.com>
To: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-21 23:26:12 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 07:26:12 +0800

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From: Seth Oestreicher <setho@westnet.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 07:26:12 +0800
To: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Subject: Re: Devil's Bargain
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>   The fear means they arrive early to spend more down time 
>   waiting in line to pass through security. So they adapt, 
>   thinking: That's not a barricade, it's a flowerpot. They 
>   give up a little freedom in exchange for feeling safe, "all 
>   watched over," as the late poet Richard Brautigan wrote, 
>   "by machines of loving grace." 
> 
As the great Benjamin Frankling said:

Those who would sacrifice essential freedom for temporary safety deserve
neither.







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