Freedom Ninja
Plinker
You're absolutely right. This poll is a matter of national security! get it? Because the poll is about, national... security. Oh nevermind.This poll is totally serious. The outcome of this poll could very well have an impact on the next big decision big brother makes.
That statement is pretty much the exact opposite of how I feel about the issue. They certainly do not live "in stasis" with one another. Freedom and security are not yin and yang. It is not a harmonious symbiont relationship. To me, freedom and security share a similar relationship to that of life and death. One can not be sort of dead, or vice versa. It is just not accurate to say "Without one you can not have any of the others." What you meant to say was: [STRIKE]Without[/STRIKE] Because of one you can not have the other.Like it or not, realize it or not. safety, freedom, and liberty must live in stasis with one another. Without one you can not have any of the others. Think about it.
I'm sure that is easy for you to say, considering you have never been detained by a foreign nation. What if Canadian officials crossed the border into the USA and decided that your unlicensed "assault rifle" and anti-socialist party rhetoric was a threat to their national security and had you detained indefinitely without trial or representation.To me, detaining enemy combatants in Gauntamo is not anti-freedom, yet many would say it is. So I see no compromise of freedom in the detention of enemy combatants without trial.