The Impulse To Make Ourselves Safer By Making Ourselves Less Free Is An Old One ... When We Are Badly Frightened, We Think We Can Make Ourselves Safer By Sacrificing Some Of Our Liberties. We Did It During The Mccarthy Era Out Of Fear Of Communism. Less Liberty Is Regularly Proposed As A Solution To Crime, To Pornography, To Illegal Immigration, To Abortion, To All Kinds Of Threats.

-Molly Ivins

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The Impulse To Make Ourselves Safer By

Molly Ivins

The Impulse To Make Ourselves Safer By Making Ourselves Less Free Is An Old One ... When We Are Badly Frightened, We Think We Can Make Ourselves Safer By Sacrificing Some Of Our Liberties. We Did It During The Mccarthy Era Out Of Fear Of Communism. Less Liberty Is Regularly Proposed As A Solution To Crime, To Pornography, To Illegal Immigration, To Abortion, To All Kinds Of Threats.

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I Am Not Anti-gun. I'm Pro-knife. Consider The Merits Of The Knife. In The First Place, You Have To Catch Up With Someone In Order To Stab Him. A General Substitution Of Knives For Guns Would Promote Physical Fitness. We'd Turn Into A Whole Nation Of Great Runners. Plus, Knives Don't Ricochet. And People Are Seldom Killed While Cleaning Their Knives.

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