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Friday, June 13, 2008 12:00 AM

Conservatism vs. authoritarianism: The British vs. the U.S. right

While British conservatives oppose mild increases in government detention and surveillance powers, American "conservatives" support endless expansion of those powers.

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Friday, June 13, 2008 05:51 AM

You nailed it

An irrefutable tour de force--congratulations. What pisses me off most about these reactionaries is their cowardice. Hell, they don't want to fight their enemies, they want to slaughter unarmed suspects from the safety of the sky. How revealing! How far we have come from "Give me liberty, or give me death" and "live free or die." Now it's "protect my lily white ass from those evil sand devils at any costs" (and that goes especially for Shooter and Elephant man, you gutless stooges--give away your own freedom, but leave mine alone--i don't shit myself in fear of terrorists).

As for John Major, his reminding people that freedom is worth the risk happens to be the most honorable thing I've heard out of any politician in a long time. Kudos to him, too.

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