re: #180 ~Fianna

And the French Revolution didn’t start with the guillotine, either. Stalin or Hussein didn’t start with mass executions. It’s not a fell-swoop thing, it’s something that we need to hold the line against.

I’m minded of Franklin’s response to the question about what kind of government we had: “A Republic - if you can keep it.” This is the kind of thing that starts making it harder to keep.

Where do we draw the line? Once this behavior starts getting the stamp of approval, it becomes easier and easier to extend. I’m sorry, I just can’t bring myself to trust any government with the power to start threatening people’s families. That road takes us to rape rooms.

That’s one big dodge.

You can’t show the evidence that we actually did anything that we threatened.

Until you can, your hyperbole counts for nothing.