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Thursday, June 29, 2006

just because

the lovely and talented cv rick sent this along to the comments section of a posting...................................... (and he's posted it in his blog as well - along with a link to a video of the speech)
"The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as
a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret
oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of
excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the
dangers which are cited to justify it."
- John F. Kennedy

6 comments:

michael the tubthumper said...

have a good holiday

INTERNATIONAL STRANGENESS DAY

Anonymous said...

thanks

it's a great speech and so timely, 45 years crystalizing.

Unknown said...

thanks mr the tub. all i know is for the FIRST time in over four years, i'm taking a few days off in a row.

yes cv rick,it indeed is a great speech

RC said...

very interesting...

secrecy-free living and privacy are such similar things, but so different...the question is can you have both?

--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

rc, of course you can have privacy . . . even moreso when the government keeps no secrets from the citizens. Privacy is for people, not for public institutions . . . governments and corporations are by definition public institutions, people are not.

Unknown said...

i'll be with you on the 4th glenda

rc, i understand the need for SOME secrets (well not understand so much as accept) but i cannot accept ANYTHING from this regime. NADA. liars, war mongers, evil doers

dv rick, you go boy!