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There are a few topics that call for a response, there are a few issues that fall in the category of Evil. Silence on such behavior implies condonation. It is imperative, if we want Democracy and Freedom to survive and grow, that we be vigilant to actions that have as it's goal the removal of choices. Growing up during the Depression of the 30s, which included the rise of the KKK, the imprisonment of Orientals, the rise of Hitlerism and all that implied, the personal loss of Family and Friends, and the pain and conflict over the ends of such Wars. I, along with many of my peers felt that our way to acknowledge that these people "did not suffer in vain" was to believe that the ends do not justify the means, and, that the means we use do determine the end. Our way of expressing that was the belief that vigilance is the price of democracy. We are a country that is the meddling pot of the world, with many cultures and many religions and beliefs. To demand that one point of view must serve all of us with out due process and respect for other points of view and the search for rational and scientific truth, we have made a mockery of our Ideals and Laws. If Senator Brownbeck believes as he does, that is fine for him and me, BUT he must show the same regard for others that chose another point of view. Unfortunately that's the "rub", it appears that he does not.