Any government that can do anything it wants for you, will not long delay doing anything it wants to you. This is something that left-wing Socialists, right-wing Statists and the voters who empower them, continue to ignore to their and our detriment.
Whenever you give the government the authority, or sheepishly accept its arrogation of authority, to do a thing simply because that thing seems necessary to redress an historic grievance, address a current crisis or avert a future disaster, you are feeding an avaricious beast and by extension, surrendering your freedom. I know that your intention is to give them the authority to act only with respect to a particular issue, but that is not the way government works. What you are actually doing is establishing a principle and that principle, once established, becomes the basis for any and all future usurpations of your rights and freedoms.
I recall an incident in 2009, when the Obama Administration wanted to deny Fox News access to the White House. The other journalists in the press pool were incensed. Several news organizations informed the White House that they would not cover its affairs if Fox News is excluded. They didn’t do this because they supported Fox News of course. No, they were responding to what they correctly saw as the establishment of a dangerous precedent (principle).
Whenever you give the government the authority, or sheepishly accept its arrogation of authority, to do a thing simply because that thing seems necessary to redress an historic grievance, address a current crisis or avert a future disaster, you are feeding an avaricious beast and by extension, surrendering your freedom. I know that your intention is to give them the authority to act only with respect to a particular issue, but that is not the way government works. What you are actually doing is establishing a principle and that principle, once established, becomes the basis for any and all future usurpations of your rights and freedoms.
I recall an incident in 2009, when the Obama Administration wanted to deny Fox News access to the White House. The other journalists in the press pool were incensed. Several news organizations informed the White House that they would not cover its affairs if Fox News is excluded. They didn’t do this because they supported Fox News of course. No, they were responding to what they correctly saw as the establishment of a dangerous precedent (principle).
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