“No
people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily
subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the
Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their
Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign
Invaders.”
~Samuel
Adams
Monday, August 13, 2007
The Coming Urban Terror by John Robb ...Our choice is simple: we can rely exclusively on our current security systems to stop the threats—-and suffer the consequences when they don’t—-or we can take measures to mitigate the impact of these threats by exerting local control over essential services.