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Position:Home>Philosophy> Would you sacrifice your freedom for security?Question: Would you sacrifice your freedom for security!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: There is no such thing as security!. So if you have to trade in your freedom, you are getting a bum deal!. And it is not our freedoms that make us insecure!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Depending on the situation, if there are suicide bombers out there waiting to kill himself/herself off along with some unfortunate people, then yea I would willingly shut myself in and trade in my freedom for security!. And I would rather choose to have no freedom than to expose myself to the threats threatening my security!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Depends upon the circumstances but probably yes because sacrificing my freedom would put in jeopardy every one elses freedom it would be worthwhile making the sacrifice early on in a 'situation' where freedoms were at stake - I'd sacrifice myself now that I am old for the sake of my grandchildren's freedom!.Www@QuestionHome@Com No I wont sacrifice freedom for security!. There is no happiness in being secure at any moment security could be breached!. While being free you can enjoy yourself to a point where you could have security!. Security can be attained with freedom!.Www@QuestionHome@Com God no! Sure, we'd have order, but at what cost! Life isn't secure - creating that version of it that is controlled by the government is simply putting a blanket over the publics eyes!. Thats not security - its ignorance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You are asking a political question, not a philosophical one!. In the political realm, loss of freedom makes security irrelevant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "security" as in "everything you own is mine and do what I say without question and you will survive" kind of security!?Www@QuestionHome@Com That depends : To what degree would my freedom be relinquished!? And what is the protection for!? Terrorism!? Www@QuestionHome@Com Hell NO, I have a 7000 dollar gun closet full security!!! and the ammo to match! Proud to be AMERICAN!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com No!. I don't need security!. That's what bodybuilding is for!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Never!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Am I a Democrat!? No!.Www@QuestionHome@Com No and neverWww@QuestionHome@Com Bush did that!.!.!.!.and no!.Www@QuestionHome@Com my answer is NEVERWww@QuestionHome@Com |