Freedom is More Valued than Security

“ Liberty vs. security: An old debate renewed in age of terror” by Haynes explained how the NSA created the program to prevent the next terrorist attack but Section 215 was too costly when it came to money and civil liberties. That was before Edward Snowden brought it into light but thanks to him, Congress pass the USA Freedom act to terminate the program.

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor: it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Freedom is the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants. All people have freedom from birth or even from the beginning of some type government power. On the contrary, people have been demanding for freedom on account of the higher power or government taking it away from them for their specific reasons. In Collection texts, “I have a Dream”, by Martin Luther King Jr, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, and “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela all demonstrate that freedom must be demanded.

Our world today is filled with unnecessary oppression. Slavery is one common form of human oppression, but there are numerous other forms as well. War, death, hunger, and sadness caused the elders in the society of The Giver to force each citizen to live extremely structured, controlled lives. That structure and control effected each person’s ability to live unique, private, and free lives. The elders in The Giver wanted all the citizens in the community to be undifferentiated for their own safety, so they greatly censored all citizens. Lack of freedom to pursue individual happiness is, indeed, a form of oppression not only faced by fictional book characters, but also by twenty-first century Americans. American society is changing so rapidly that we as independent Americans must decide whether safety, or freedom, is more important.

The power or right to act, speak or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. A word created by man to escape the bonds of tyranny to express the idea of what it means to persist one's own ambitions. Freedom. Freedom is not the absence of confinement but the will to achieve freedom when imprisoned. After carefully concluding the reading done over this semester one is able to clearly understand the confinement these early Americans felt and their decision to achieve a form of freedom. Freedom has always existed but it is the history of this nation that will define what actions freedom takes.

The individual liberty which is liberty of an individual to exercise freely those rights generally accepted as being outside of governmental control is considered as the reason why criminal activities/offences are still occurring. To deal with this problem, the government passes laws or regulations to make our society safer. In this paper, the author would like to discuss the reason why public safety is much more fundamental than individual liberty.

Should officials be able to look through your private devices?They should only be able to look through your private devices, only if it was needed or urgent.Officials shouldn’t be able to search through your private device?

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, once said “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” In America’s society today, some are willing to sacrifice their civil liberties in order to gain protection and security over some potential threat. Especially after the events of September 11th and several attempted bombings in U.S. cities. This sacrifice of individual freedoms such as the freedom of speech, expression, the right to information, to new technologies, and so forth, for additional protection is more of a loss than a gain. Citizens of the United States deserve equal liberty and safety overall, as someone should not have to give up

Would the American people be willing to give up their privacy, freedom, happiness, and decision making in exchange for government protection? What if the government took away these rights against their will? In America, this is slowly becoming a reality when regarding the right to privacy. This right has been stripped from Americans for many years, and the violation is only going to create greater problems. The American government and its agencies are illegally collecting the private and personal information of the America people. There are people willing to surrender their rights and people fighting to protect their freedom. The purpose of this essay is to inform all these types of individuals about the government and their so-called national

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security deserve neither liberty nor security

There is no country in the world that effectively balances the virtues of safety and freedom at once. A country which strives to keep its people safe often much subject those people systems of the government which monitor their lives, a removal of personal freedoms. In America, the NSA has been under constant scrutiny for its attempts to keep out country “safe”. Using America as an example, many countries today are reestablishing their government to create a safer home for sequential generations. In many of these places though, not all people are treated as equals. Whether discriminated against due to sex, race, religion, or origin, there are people who live under the constant scrutiny of a government that does not condone their kind. What would make these people stay in a place where they are not accepted or granted social freedoms? This is due to the the basic principle that seems prevalent in human nature - before any social issues, no matter how important, comes safety

I negate the resolution, "Resolved: When the United States is engaged in military conflict, national security ought to supercede conflicting claims of individual rights. My value for the round is Human Dignity, or what can be defined as a respect for the individual and his or her rights and virtues. John Stuart Mill states that "Everyone who receive the protection of society owes a return for the benefit... but not to the point that it violates constituted rights." Thus those rights which are the fundamentals of human dignity must be maintained. No fundamental goal should ever undermine this fundamental goal. The criteria which must consistently achieve is the maintenance of a legitimate government, or a govt. that maximizes the rights of

Security and privacy is a huge debate all throughout our country. Is our security more important than our privacy? 56% of americans say that security is more important. If there is an attack on our country our internet history is not going to save us the National Government will. We just do not don't have weapons to protect us we also have peaceful organizations to help us out. Homeland security protect against terrorist attacks and other threats against our homeland, preparing and planning for emergencies, and investing in strong response and recovery capabilities. An organization may make cyber attacks on certain civilians civilians and guns cannot protect against that. How will the internet protect us? Exactly it cannot!

Since the previous election of 2010 till our current day there have been debates in regards to how far Britain should allow freedom to stretch whilst maintaining a good level of safety. There are many facets to safety and freedom from domestic levels, regional, national and global levels. A recent example of this being the UK government selling off British NHS patients details to USA insurers, infringing upon our right to privacy. This is often seen as a breach of safety in eyes of many; however, it is evident that Human rights were not upheld and safety was considered to be a bigger factor in this circumstance. ‘Safety’ is a multi- faceted term which takes on many definitions; to the state it can be classified as the need to use sovereign powers to make big decision regardless of the consequences in order to protect its citizen. Citizens understanding of safety may range from street safety and the endorsement of CCTV to act as a deterrent against ‘petty’ crimes or on a more grand scale safety is defended in the Human Rights Act such as rights in the work place and health and safety requirements. However, the most generically used definition, according to the Oxford Dictionary is “The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury.” Irrespective of the optimistic view that Britain is often regarded as, the “perfect” balance between safety and freedom, Susan George adopts a more pessimistic stance

Place yourself in the safety and comfort of your home, under the belief that “everyone has the right to the use and enjoyment of his property” (Department of International Law), searching, emailing, and talking about things that may be frowned upon by others. Now imagine the raw feelings of fear and deception that would wash over you upon seeing Edward Snowden’s statement on how “the U.S. government is destroying privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they 're secretly building.” You may initially feel betrayed, but Obama formally announced that the NSA acts solely in the name of safety right? Have we begun to sacrifice the freedom and

The breadbasket of Eastern Europe is having a problem with militants who have killed and have tortured hundreds of people in the name of freedom. The militants, Pro-Russian rebels native to Ukraine, believe that their actions against the government are just. Those who believe that the Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels are fighting against a corrupt, ultranationalist government are right. The Ukrainian citizens need to understand, however, that the government of Ukraine is the lesser of two evils; the rebels have committed many more heinous crimes than the government has. The rebels are also against policies that can benefit all of Europe and Ukraine. Currently, the Ukrainian people seek to have a stable nation with a self-sufficient government