Devil's Bargain
Seth Oestreicher
setho at westnet.com
Sun Jul 21 16:26:12 PDT 1996
> 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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