Contradictory quote of the day

[elfs]

I was listening to the radio this morning. The heads on NPR were talking about the heparin contamination crises, and one of the soundclips opened with a woman testifying before Congress about how bad heparin killed her husband. She opened with this gem:

In this land of freedom, we have come to expect to be protected and safe.

I don't know about you, but I smell a creeping tyranny by consensus expectation in her comment.