It looks obvious

The news from England, about the government’s attempt to build a comprehensive database that will store phone calls, emails and web use, is really scary. The justification for handing the government such power is the need to fight terrorism and crime, as if lack of information was the cause for the inability to prevent crime or terror attacks. It seems like Bin-Laden is the perfect excuse for any incursion on human rights and civil liberties. The paradox of permanent elimination of liberties in the name of fighting temporary threats should remind us Franklin’s timeless warning:

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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