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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Benjamin Franklin
not wearing masks are not an essential liberty. Gestapo thugs kidnapping people is.
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"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, (Original Post)
edhopper
Jul 2020
OP
The virus is teaching lessons, whether some will resist, - does not matter to them.
empedocles
Jul 2020
#2
I believe Ben Franklin invented the condom. A lot of people don't know that.
Midnight Writer
Jul 2020
#4
BlueTsunami2018
(3,507 posts)1. And those idiots will turn that around about masks.
Without grasping what the statement actually means.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. The virus is teaching lessons, whether some will resist, - does not matter to them.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)3. Mr. edhopper, I thank you
Midnight Writer
(21,845 posts)4. I believe Ben Franklin invented the condom. A lot of people don't know that.
edhopper
(33,658 posts)5. The ancient Greeks had condoms
made from sheep intestines.