Serious Security Over Liberty?

Are you willing to sacrifice your freedoms and liberties in exchange for security and safety? It's either a yes or no, it cannot be both. Explain why.

?If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one.
-Benjamin Franklin
It's a personal choice, i prefer death than life without freedom, it's something that I don't feel it should ever be taken away or sacrificed ever.. It's not worth it

In my opinion, I think we shouldn't sacrifice our freedom, even though "Freedom" is a bit illusive. The richest people control this world, and everything is alright until a crysis happens, and when it does, money talks louder, and those rich people are the first to get their ass saved, and there is no equal rights at all. Remember that Snowden case? Yeah, WikiLeaks confirmed what Snowden snitched (That the government was spying on us), yet there is not a single change, and it remains as a conspiracy.
Everyone says that we should think outside the box, but au contraire, in school, we learn how to repeat information instead of actually thinking outside the box, so that we don't become a threat to the status quo. Our "freedom" is get a job, pay our taxes and bills, to perpetuate our servitude to our political overlords. But oh well, whereas we follow the rules, we get some security and safety in return. So it's not bad at all. As long as we don't get into trouble and we know how to settle things up peacefully, we'll be alright. In here it comes another factor, the human being. Crimes happen because people, most of them happen of their own accord.
Concluding, with "Freedom", things are bad already, without it? I can't imagine how would it be. Probably our world leaders would see us as machines to feed their wills, and reasons has speaking evil of them or whatsoever would be a good reason enough to get us killed. Days would be gray.

I hope i could explain my point of view towards this topic mate.

29-04-2017, 06:08 PM

Eye Wrote: Our "freedom" is get a job, pay our taxes and bills, to perpetuate our servitude to our political overlords

What country do you reside in?

29-04-2017, 06:13 PM

Bubble Wrote: What country do you reside in?

i think he is from portugal.

29-04-2017, 06:13 PM

Bubble Wrote: What country do you reside in?

I'm from Portugal mate.

really i dont know ;p thats hard to explain but i think it possible to keep freedom but have also Security at same time

You lost your liberty long ago, what you see is what they allow you to have because it falls in line with what they(the government) want.
Any security will only be for your mental satisfaction and no amount of security will save you from your inevitable death.
Just realized freedom and liberty are (in some cases) the same word in german. (Freiheit)

Sounds like all life in a nutshell, you think you're free, but are you really?

29-04-2017, 06:07 PM

v4hl Wrote: ?If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one.
-Benjamin Franklin
It's a personal choice, i prefer death than life without freedom, it's something that I don't feel it should ever be taken away or sacrificed ever.. It's not worth it

I completely agree.

The only reason we're moving towards a less private life of living, is due to people whom can't handle their individual rights as Americans. If maybe more people would actually take into consideration that they have these rights and they're not worth loosing, we'd have a better society. It is called being a responsible person.

Oh and thank you for the rep.