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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