I have friends who should read this but they won't

Following a link from NRO, Bruce Bawer in the City Journal...

...if you want to ensure peace, worry less about freedom. Appease tyranny, accept it, embrace it—and there’ll be no more war.

I'm not awake enough for additional biting commentary. But I'm tired of people who don't understand that giving bullies what they want when they beat you only gets you more beatings (I learned that when I was SEVEN, for Pete's sake), and I'm more tired of people who expect me to trade my essential liberties for a little warm fuzzy feeling.