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The Freedom Vs. Safety debacle is one of the only political issues where I am still slightly open to have my mind changed.
Although I have made posts that indicate I come down on the side of Safety, I was once on the side of Freedom and my mind is not made up on a permanent level.
The point of this post is to discuss how this issue might transform as we move into the future.
-After the next significant terrorist attack
-20 years
-50 years
-100 years
Right now my number one concern is not morons running around trying to blow people up with little bombs and airplanes.
My concerns are terrorists or anyone that might get hold of a nuclear or atomic device, either by making it in America, bringing it here, or stealing it. Or terrorists that might try to hit us in other ways that would be easier but that I will not mention here.
I also worry about Tea Party Obama hater types, Government hating Libertarians, and home grown idiots in general.
As technology increases and it becomes easier and easier for weapons of mass destruction to be made and to be acquired, it seems to me that without a significant loss of our freedom (in the ease dropping category), that a tremendous attack is totally inevitable.
I see it as only a matter of time.
I mean seriously, how could it not happen? The only way I can see for someone to disagree with this statement is that if they answer it with, "God wont let it happen".
For the purpose of debate, lets assume the following statement is true:
"We know that a massive terrorist attack will happen within x many years, killing 10's of millions of people and plunging us into a Super Depression"
Now, what are we willing to do to stop that?
Are we willing to let our government snoop into ALL our communications?
Spy on us in our homes?
Monitor every single thing said or done by every single person?
Just keep up with some phone records and randomly check a few calls?
Or would we stick to our freedom and say, "Bring it!"?
Although I have made posts that indicate I come down on the side of Safety, I was once on the side of Freedom and my mind is not made up on a permanent level.
The point of this post is to discuss how this issue might transform as we move into the future.
-After the next significant terrorist attack
-20 years
-50 years
-100 years
Right now my number one concern is not morons running around trying to blow people up with little bombs and airplanes.
My concerns are terrorists or anyone that might get hold of a nuclear or atomic device, either by making it in America, bringing it here, or stealing it. Or terrorists that might try to hit us in other ways that would be easier but that I will not mention here.
I also worry about Tea Party Obama hater types, Government hating Libertarians, and home grown idiots in general.
As technology increases and it becomes easier and easier for weapons of mass destruction to be made and to be acquired, it seems to me that without a significant loss of our freedom (in the ease dropping category), that a tremendous attack is totally inevitable.
I see it as only a matter of time.
I mean seriously, how could it not happen? The only way I can see for someone to disagree with this statement is that if they answer it with, "God wont let it happen".
For the purpose of debate, lets assume the following statement is true:
"We know that a massive terrorist attack will happen within x many years, killing 10's of millions of people and plunging us into a Super Depression"
Now, what are we willing to do to stop that?
Are we willing to let our government snoop into ALL our communications?
Spy on us in our homes?
Monitor every single thing said or done by every single person?
Just keep up with some phone records and randomly check a few calls?
Or would we stick to our freedom and say, "Bring it!"?