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
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6 comments:

  1. michael the tubthumperThursday, June 29, 2006 8:19:00 AM

    have a good holiday

    INTERNATIONAL STRANGENESS DAY

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  2. AnonymousThursday, June 29, 2006 9:00:00 AM

    thanks

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

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  3. UnknownFriday, June 30, 2006 9:33:00 AM

    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

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  4. RCSaturday, July 01, 2006 3:11:00 AM

    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

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  5. AnonymousSaturday, July 01, 2006 10:05:00 AM

    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.

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  6. UnknownSunday, July 02, 2006 3:36:00 AM

    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!

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