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   Message 3,390 of 4,149   
   Amy Mathis to All   
   Re: The West is... [etc.]   
   11 Oct 06 01:19:11   
   
   From: acmathis@earthlink.net   
      
   So you don't think habeas corpus was a good idea?   
      
      
   --   
   "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,   
   deserve neither liberty or security." Ben Franklin   
      
   "Bayle"  wrote in message   
   news:1160151951.026271.175120@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> >   
   > > It would be nice if someone did. Washington has been turning into *Lord   
   > > of the Flies* lately. I'd like to think even present company might   
   > > regret the loss of habeas corpus, if only from what used to be called   
   > > conservatism.   
   > >   
   >   
   > First I am an old style liberal and a pragmatist. Second, no I don't   
   > regret the loss. I do believe that the whole issue was so screwed up it   
   > was impossible to come up with a reasonable solution to a real problem.   
   >   
   >   
      
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