Thursday, May 31, 2012
What is the Balance Between Security and Freedom?
In the past decade terrorism has become a real threat to our society as a whole. Since 9/11, attacks in London, Madrid, and Tokyo have increased our need for security. Security policies are becoming stricter and stricter causing some civil liberties to be affected. The question is now arising whether our freedom or our safety is more important.
Our post 9/11 world is a different place. The Patriot Act restricts our freedoms, while travel and our borders are becoming a hot topic. Security keeps increasing year after year and in Little Brother the fictional Patriot Act II continues to further restrict our American freedoms.
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A good balance between security and freedom is seemingly hard to maintain in the 21st century(post 9/11). The U.S. Government and its citizens are aware that a breach of privacy is often necessary for the sake of human lives and enforcement of law. No one can argue that security pat downs at air ports aren't for the greater good of humanity. If a citizen wants to find a freedom and privacy, he can usually count on it in his home. No one is stopping this person from always having his blinds down and building a fence to keep people out of his business. The police cannot enter a house without a warrant. Wire tapping is rarely authorized without some type of warrant or incriminating evidence. Citizens have to accept a minor breach in privacy in public places, and they really shouldnt have a problem with it if they are innocent. After seeing what the TSA has scrounged up in 2011, citizens should be happy with the balance their country offers to them in regards to security and freedom.
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Citizens of the United States should be thankful that our civil liberties greatly exceed most unfortunate countries. Inhabitants of China are limited to having two children per couple. That ruthless policy invades their privacy way beyond ways Americans can fathom. Moreover, North Koreans are utterly brainwashed and are rarely exposed to any individual endeavors, experiences or learning. Since these pitied human-beings are unluckily born in a severely restricted society then Americans should be willingly to give up some of their privacy rights to the government. Sometimes we need to give up some minor rights to augment the safety of society as a whole. We still have many privacy rights that make it extremely difficult for the government to legally be able to arrest criminals. Our excessive freedom has a little wiggle room for the government promote securities that will benefit individual Americans. Just as long as congress does not allow America to adopt rules that are reflected in Little Brother.
ReplyDeleteA proper balance between security and freedom must be obtained to keep things orderly. Without any security society will cease to function, but we as humans require a basic amount of freedoms. The united states assures basic freedoms through the bill of rights in the constitution. If too much freedom is taken away society will also cease to function, and uprisings will more than likely occur. Personally I believe freedom is more important then security,
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