In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
The question of whether certain measures are necessary for safety to protect out liberties or an attack on the same is nothing new. A formal debate thirty years ago over whether a proposed anti-terror bill is good for Americans was debated by William F. Buckley, Jr., Arlen Specter, Ira Glasser, Victoria Toensing, Steven Emerson, David Cole, Anthony Lewis, James J. Zogby, with moderator Michael E. Kinsley.
Until next Friday.
