Yes. that's a viewpoint worthy of consideration.

People can do some pretty awful things in the name of "security" (of which there is none - if you heard my piece, you'll know what I mean).

I'm not sure about the 655,000 - that number is a little stretched, to the best of my knowledge.

Seems to me, it's closer to around 100,000. But, that's still significant. There's no need to stretch that number, right? 100,000 is still a heck of a lot of people.

The really significant thing, it seems to me, that people need to pay attention to, is that it's not "us" - it's "them".

In other words, 100,000 people somewhere halfway across the globe, doesn't make quite as much sense as 100,000 people here at home.

Really, if you think about it in those terms, it's a "slavery" mentality.

Like those people are somehow worth "less" than we are.

You really have to think about this, to get the point. Quill, I hear where you're coming from, believe me. I know you. I know your kind.

But think now. Think hard. We fought a Civil War over this issue, and it was very difficult. Brother against brother, and all that.

And it resulted in several Constitutional Amendments, and it also resulted in a massive change in mind-set that didn't fully express itself until 1965.

Would you want to reverse that? Answer me honestly now - would you want to reverse that?

Hmmm..... think. Put on your thinking cap. Think about this hard. Is that really what we want?

Come back?