Which would you rather have? A government that imposes laws which take away your rights but also prevent terrorist attacks from happening, or a government that doesn't take away freedoms and reacts to terrorist attacks while doing very little to prevent them?
2006-10-09 10:10:16 · 15 answers · asked by Onan the Barbarian 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
How can you think that imposing laws that restrict our freedom help aid our security. Its America, buddy...we should have BOTH. Taking away a person's rights, can, in no way, prevent terrorist attacts.
Sheww...what is it with these republicans?
2006-10-09 10:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is a pound of cure worth an ounce of prevention .
When we started dealing with these middle east wack jobs 50 years ago it was a bad idea .
We thought we could control it all so well and then it all began to fall apart .
We put Israel right in the thick of it all armed them well and trained them good .Now it is impossible to control the area after 50 years of support for a people that the Muslims feel have no place in the middle east .
We armed Saddam to attack Iraq We armed Gorilla fighters in Afganistan and today they fight us .
Every thing we have done abroad has failed and why is that .
Fundimentaly Muslims and Christians do not agree and can not get along .In america the woman wear the pants and men use to work hard to provide a living .
Today women with good english and writting skills and some college courses can become CEO of a fortune 500 company .
In the middle east a woman is lucky to leave the home except to get food .
This is how they live and trying to change this has brought attention to us and we are to blame for all the troubles in The middle east .Ok not all but a lot of the problems could have been prevented .
HAd we only understood the culture and that power and killing was part of maintainiing order we could of left Saddam in power and saved a few trillion dollars .
2006-10-09 10:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by playtoofast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an American citizen. Of course I value freedom over security.
There are other ways of preventing terrorist attacks while retaining civil liberties. For instance, diplomacy. You guys remember that? It's when we talk with other countries and try to figure stuff out. It was working with North Korea until our current administration decided that it wasn't going to talk to terrorists. It was working with Iraq before we decided to invade them. You can also work within the legal system to spy on actual terrorist suspects. You have three days after wiretapping to get a warrant to do so, and no judge in the States would say no if you had reason to believe you were listening to a terrorist.
2006-10-09 10:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by random6x7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like others, I think you can't have security if you don't have freedom. The reason is that if you're not free to question and challenge the working of your own government, you certainly are not secure.
Let's not forget that of all the things that might possibly kill each of us, terrorism is about as likely as getting hit by lightning. I'm much more worried about a government that is willing to do anything to stay in power.
2006-10-09 10:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Freedom and risk-free practices are no longer antithetical. There would desire to be obstacles to freedoms, those obstacles are stated as rules and rules create an ecosystem of risk-free practices. So opposite to the assumption of the two being at an identical time incompatible they actually compliment one yet another and the superb stability is conducive to a chuffed society.
2016-10-02 03:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by dunkelberger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
- James Madison
Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
- James Madison
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
- James Madison
2006-10-09 10:17:16 · answer #6 · answered by notme 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Freedom.
If we lose our freedom, then the terrorists have already won!
2006-10-09 10:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Villain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have both security and freedom. when did your phone get tapped? That's what I thought. There is no perfect government but this is the best we've had in years.
2006-10-09 10:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by only p 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would rather have freedom. I can do my own security.
2006-10-09 10:16:35 · answer #9 · answered by rjf 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why are republicans so obsessed with re-riding the "pages "of history?
2006-10-09 10:12:46 · answer #10 · answered by dstr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋