| My entire opnion on this subject was voiced by Benjamin Franklin before I was even born when he said" a man that would trade a measure of liberty for a measure of security, deserves neither".
Of course he had also been in a major battle with people who thought that the government should act as the conscience of the people. I , like Ben happen to subscibe to the virtues of individual liberty, and individual responsibility. My favorite analogy about this topic is as follows.
Why should the majority have to give up freedoms to idiot proof the world, when the responsibility of raising a non-idiot lies with the parents. When you decide to bring a child into the world, it is your responsibility to make sure they are not a threat to society, not the other way around. Unfortunately, many people feel the other way, and thus political correctness was born.
These are also the people who would tell you that the akchohol/drug addict is not responsible for their situation, the substance abused is. This I believe is akin to thinking the the gun commits the crime, not the man. Preposterous!
There will never be any gaurantee of personal safety. We were however gauanteed personal liberty. Many people gave their lives to protect the freedoms we were given, to give them up would be unthinkable.
Freedom or bust! |