Grasping for Dignity in the Era of the American Police State
[July 15, 2013; By John W. Whitehead]

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The conclusions pertaining to "personal dignity" are the most interesting part as far as I'm concerned. To deprive people of their dignity, by demeaning them at will and (obviously) for no comprehensible reason, is the worst thing you can do to any human being.