mrh@aluxz.UUCP (HUDOCK) (01/27/84)
QUESTION Are Americans willing to give up FREEDOM for feelings of SECURITY ?
decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot) (02/02/84)
QUESTION: Are Americans willing to give up FREEDOM for feelings of SECURITY?
Clarify, please. Both of those words are very vague. What are your
definitions? Here are mine:
Freedom: The capacity, means, and opportunity of a person to interact with
surroundings in ways s/he defines. Self-determination.
Security: Imperviousness or adaptability to harmful external events.
Using these definitions is my
ANSWER: I am unwilling to trade one for another, because I presently enjoy
both, and see no reason why this cannot continue with proper vigilance
on my part. My freedom and security do not prevent the freedom or
security of others, so I have absolutely no reason to engage in such a
bargain, since I have both.
If this was not intended to be a survey, my impression is that most
people want security more than freedom. I want them equally.
Dave Decot "Non-Americans are people, too."
decvax!cwruecmp!decot (Decot.Case@rand-relay)laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton) (02/03/84)
Look around. Everybody gives up FREEDOM for SECURITY all the time. This is a bad trade, but people (myself included) keep on doing it. -- Laura Creighton (NOTE NEW ADDRESS) utzoo!laura