thought for the day

[goodboy_mentor]

"None of us should accept that the government or a company or anybody should have access to all of our private information. This is a basic human right. We all have a right to privacy. We shouldn't give it up. We shouldn't give in to scaremongering or to people who fundamentally don't understand the details." - Apple CEO Tim Cook

[goodboy_mentor]

For as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom — for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself. From The Declaration of Arbroath 1320.

[nagarifle]

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
— Winston Churchill

[brihacharan]

Just give this a 'Thought'...
Its a 'Wake Up Call' for all of us

Briha

[spin_drift]

From Black Books.

[goodboy_mentor]

The truth once spoken cannot be checked, the seed once planted controls its own growth, and the liberty which men secure for themselves must be given by them to others, or it will be taken as they took it. Freedom is a hardy plant and must flower in equality and brotherhood. - From The Lion in the North: One Thousand Years of Scotland's History Penguin Books.

[goodboy_mentor]

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein

[SMJ]

Don't know how this applies to this thread but you gotta love the lyrics. Admins kindly feel free to delete if it is completely off topic...

"Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die

The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name"

Chris Cornell - You know my name
SOUNDTRACK - 007 Casino Royale

[brihacharan]

Briha

[nagarifle]

“One man with a gun can control 100 without one. … Make mass searches and hold executions for found arms.”
V.I. Lenin

[goodboy_mentor]

As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such a twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air—however slight—lest we become unwilling victims of the darkness. - Justice William O. Douglas, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

[nagarifle]

“The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom”

“From this we plainly see the folly and imprudence of demanding a thing, and saying beforehand that it is intended to be used for evil; … For it is enough to ask a man to give up his arms, without telling him that you intend killing him with them; after you have the arms in hand, then you can do your will with them.”

Machiavelli

[brihacharan]

The Supreme Accomplishment in Life....
Is to "BLUR" the Line between...
WORK & PLAY

Briha

[nagarifle]

“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.”

Adolf Hitler- murder of over 6 million humans

[nagarifle]

“[gun] Licensing systems are very expensive to administer … licensing and registration in America would have little effect on the vast majority of gun violence.”

Violence Policy Center (VPC)