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Edited on Mon Jul-07-03 03:19 PM by Cointelpro_Papers
It seems to me that many of the problems we face, goes back to the fact that the government is lying to us, and in a Democracy, that is an inmearsuralbe evil.
The government should not have classified documents, should not lie to us, and should not hide things from us. It works for us, we do not work for it. It would be compared to an employ lying to it's employer, and the employer knowing it.
In a Democracy, we give up security to live in a place with freedoms, and tolerance, we don't value security above these two things. But the question is how free can we be if we're constantly lied to, and the truth is constantly hidden from us. Granted the lies and deception is for our protections, but we are soon to forget that security is NOT the most important value, and in many instances the origination of many evils.
I dunno, this is impractical in the society we have evolved into, but it is also only possible in the society we have evolved into.
I'm reluctant to say this, but secrets should only be there in the most extremum circumstances. When individual people's lives could be put in danger. And as soon as the danger has passed the secret should be declassified.
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