Or not.

“Somebody”, if you expect anyone to take you seriously, you must do more than hurl profanities and make snide statements that neither prove your point nor to prove you to be in possession of a point.

Question: do you think it likely that any government would stand up and state “We’re here to restrict your rights and take away your freedoms. Just hand us over the keys now, and we’ll just get rid of that pesky 4th amendment business”? Anyone who does is a fool, and didn’t pay attention to history class.

The quickest, easiest way to prevent people from fighting an encroachment, be it governmental or otherwise, is to convince them there’s no threat. Pay no mind to the men in black body armor breaking down your neighbor’s door in the middle of the night. He probably deserved it, right?

“Somebody”, you seriously need to find some survivors of WWII, people who lived through the Nazi regime, through Stalin’s regime, through … well, pick any totalitarian dictatorship you care to, there’s plenty of examples to choose from. It doesn’t start with tanks rolling down your neighborhood street, it starts by convincing you to give up a few of your ‘insignificant’ liberties in the name of safety, or whatever.

If you have a legitimate, intelligent counter argument to Nohbody’s comment, we’d all love to hear it. Because, my friend, all you’ve done so far is make yourself look like an ass.