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"Man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts."
- Ronald Reagan

yeah, i like my personal freedom and this patriot act stuff is getting on my nerves.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-Martin Luther King

this was written when king was jailed in birmingham. i think that when there is something wrong you must act to correct it. otherwise you are really supporting its continued existance by passive consent.

tis better to die on your feet then to live on your knees.


I forget who says this

Actually, I think it's from the twin towers...but I'd have to get back to ya on that. ^.^

Mmmm........I can't say I'm for death, but I also can't say I'm against the death penalty. There are some people that while it's possuble for them to be rehabilitated...to turn, there are some who simpley will not. And there are some things that should not be tolerated. Like rape. I can honestly say, if I was on jury for a man who had raped someone, I would push for him to die, painfully and slowly.

"The subconcious is a state in which reality is just a visitor"
Confucious (i think)

"NIPPLES, I HAVE NO NIPPLES"
Happy Noodle Boy

That reminds me so much of something that Arthur Dent says at the beginning of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

its from teh fellowship guys! *sigh* I honestly haven't trained you well enough. Gandalf says it to Frodo in the mines of Moria about Gollum. (then agian thats the movie....after seeing the movies, i can't remember the difference in the book. The only thing I can rememebr really is Tom...I wish they had Tom in the movies!! )

ok death penalty- i have VERY mixed feelings bout this.. and its LONG so sit bac. I am really really really against the death penalty for the reason that I think it is the easiest way out. its TOO easy. and its not enough punishment for the convicted. I think having to rot in a jail cell, tormented with your own evil and driven mad is teh best punishment. (i sooo would've loved medieval times with dungeons) BUT the problem is..not everyonme thinks that what they did was bad. they rationalize it, or they ACTUALLY think it was teh RIGHT thing to do. these people are just sick and demented and need help, but they wouldn't suffer if they were kept alive...so I almsot think that those should jsut die. but im too aginst that, becasue Istill think death is too good for them. but I don't approve of torture or anything like taht either. so im jsut realyl torn. and then, htere is also teh way that is they live they can do work and pay a debt back to the community.. i eman people on death row would NEVER pay back for what they diod,.,.btu they could work theuir whole lives,and we could get some use out of them. they alread ydid enough damage, so they should put us through the least trouble possible, so they shouldn't get put to death, casue thats MORE expensive than keeping them locked up under high security, adn they can even help us out by doing some dirty work. (literally, like cleannig stuff) for free! but then there's also the "the world is getting overpopulated the more people we don't have to worry aobut the better" and yes most of this is coldhearted..btu i really have no tolerance for evil.