After talking about it so much in class, I still strongly believe that we shouldn't fret so much when we give up SOME NOT ALL freedom to feel a sense of security. I for one do not care if I am searched at an airport of before getting on a boat if that is the precautions taken to ensure my and everyone else safety. If everyone is subject to the same searching, then there can not be any outcry of profiling. I don't care how much it would cost to do so, because a human life is worth more than any amount of money. Money doesn't heal the loss of a loved one in a plane crash or bombing, etc... Sure if you feel you can carry a weapon, get a license for it, conceal it, and only use in emergency. But if you are caught with something that may be dangerous to the other people around you, you are taking away there right to safety, which in result should allow authorities to take away your right to freedom.
I just found it bizarre that people in our class thought that we should have to give up nothing to help stay safe or feel safe with whatever we do because we do it everyday and they haven't had an outcry about it before. We aren't free to do whatever whenever, and there hasn't been a complete rebellion yet.
The whole concept of having a "privilege to our privacy" is really interesting. At first, I just wanted to think about how ridiculous it was. Privacy shouldn't ever be a privilege, it should be a right! At the same time though, you're right. It IS only a privilege at this point! The scary part is that now that we're at this point, we'll never be able to get that "right" back. It'll only ever be a privilege from this point on. Or at least that's how I feel. We've allowed the government to "put their foot in the door" and so it doesn't seem like there's any turning back at this point to even TRY fixing it.
ReplyDelete"I still strongly believe that we shouldn't fret so much when we give up SOME NOT ALL freedom to feel a sense of security."
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you on this one. The fact that some people in class were completely against it baffled me. If being searched, just like everyone else, is going to ensure the safety of people then why not allow a small breach in privacy?
"We can do whatever we want, but within the limits of what the government or "Big Brother" will allow us.." I think this statement caught my attention the most because it is so contradictive. "we can do whatever we want.." yes, we are a "free" country but "within the limits" aka.. we CANNOT do whatever we want! Haha! I think it is crazy that we are called free but there are so many things that even though they are not technically laws, we are frowned upon doing.. even in the "privacy" of our own homes!
ReplyDelete"I for one do not care if I am searched at an airport of before getting on a boat if that is the precautions taken to ensure my and everyone else safety."
ReplyDeletePeople in the United States take many many many things for granted. We really do give up very little things to stay protected. For instance, when I flew to Canada to visit my fiance, getting through airports in the United States required so many security measures: taking off my shoes, belt, all electronics in a container, liquids in a container, etc. But when I flew in Canada from province to province, we kept our shoes on and they weren't as strict. A big difference in the two security systems is that the United States has had terroristic threats and events occur while Canada, not so much. I felt way safer traveling in the United States knowing that if someone had a bomb, they would probably be caught. I could have died in Canada because someone could have had a bomb in their shoe on the plane. As an American, I value my rights but I am willing to give a small part of my privacy up when I know that I will be protected.