Isn't security one of the human rights ?
freedom
Well, I guess we need to define both security and human rights.......
Human Rights - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights
Security - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security
Lets not confuse the two......the "Patriot Act" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_act
is a good example of how Security and Human Rights can be totaly different.
At what point does security of human rights actually "violate" human rights?
IMHO The logic the U.S (specificly) is putting behind "National Security" is bass ackwards.....It's like they want to put you in a metal cage so no one can kill you or violate your "human rights" however being safe in that cage itself......is ridding you of those same rights.......doesn't make sense IMO
"Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security."
Benjamin Franklin
I voted "human rights" as security can only safe guard those rights to a limit (very small limit) before that security itself becomes a threat to the rights its parades around trying to protect.
Risk takers don't live very long......but the cautious never live at all.
You are talking about security of the homeland or whatever, I'm talking about the security of the individual. Of course your definition of security can be conflicting with individual rights of people, mine doesn't..
Fair enough.....
but isn't the homeland made up of individuals?
I guess where I went wrong is not specifying which type of security......the security as defined by the individual.......or the security as defined by the government.
I assumed government, as well......thats what most of us live under.
Remember that human beings are part of nature, a point brought home when we stop to consider whether or not we should limit people's rights in order to secure them against nature. After all, Congress could pass legislation requiring that all new structures built be secure against lightning strikes, so that nobody inside could be struck by lightning. (Every year, a few people are struck by lightning while indoors.) In a further effort to protect us from lightning, Congress might pass a curfew stating that people are required to be indoors (in lightning-proof buildings) if NOAA determines a greater than 10% chance of lightning in any given locale.
It's a matter of natural security. We won't let nature terrorize us. That's why Congress should instruct you to cower in terror inside your lightning-proof home. It's worth the trade-off. At least you won't be struck by lightning. And what are a few freedoms compared to your life?
Don't be anti-American. Write your Congressional delegation in support of lightning-strike reduction legislation.