Liberty is the most important right each and every human has. Some people say Liberty is another way of saying freedom, but i find Liberty carries more weight than just freedom. Liberty encompasses freedom but it is also the right to exercise your freedom.
Liberty, now thinking about it, may be the defense against the problem Mr. Brown brought up in his comment from the last post.
Liberty has two enemies and must always fight a two-front attack. The first enemy is people that forcefully try to take away Liberty. A thief, a murder, a rapist, a dictator, a banker and many more. The second enemy is security. In the name of protecting Liberty, security takes away the very Liberty it has sworn to protect. Both enemies are dangerous and must be watched with a careful distrustful eye.
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and that is the constant struggle. Some of the recent security measures i would say have gone too far in "protecting" us, wiretaps, surveillance, etc. But it is a fine line. We allow the gov't certain wiretaps, certain intrusions on citizens to protect the citizenry as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI would agree. It's our duty as citizens, and the duty of the free press to constantly being watching the government. In a Republic there is no room for apathy.
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