Limerick about balancing liberty and security
There is a often quoted statement attributed to Ben Franklin, "Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither". This is a platitude that sounds nobile but does not convince me that we shouldn't take reasonable measures to protect ourselves from the enemies we know would do us harm. Yes, to give a completely open mandate for our government to take complete control of our lives and eliminate all liberties to assure our safety would be absolutely wrong. But to permit reasonable measures with essential controls, such as monitoring communications of suspected terrorists or to give more scrutiny to a person or group that raises suspicions (yes, I mean profiling!), does not mean we have surrendered our freedoms. In my view, absolute liberty is anarchy! And anarchy will not provide security.
“Raising security,
will mean we are no longer free.”
“We cannot give in,
Or the terrorists win!”
Well, if dead we won’t have liberty
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