Reply #47: "No long term impact." Well, actually... [View All]

[CBHagman]

And setting fire to the Bill of Rights and the Geneva Covention will not affect the country and the world how?

If you're willing to concede nearly every principle for which you stand and only choose one fight, the Supreme Court, then you are handing your neighbors, children and grandchildren -- indeed, the world -- a hideous legacy.

On edit: While I agree that it is necessary to choose one's battles and focus one's energies, Cuban Liberal, I think we do need to respond each and every time they come molesting our rights -- every time. Think on this passage:

First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.


Pastor Martin Niemöller