Comment Re:Benjamin Franklin said once (Score 1) 391
And it's been parroted sans critical thought ever since. Unless you think that we should all be free to randomly assault one another, you are trading the freedom to assault for the security from assault.
What a load of crap.
There was a functional legal system at the time Benjamin Franklin wrote those words.
Far too many people try to interpret the words and documents of America's Founding Fathers in a complete vacuum.