Comments (1)“Only Terrorists have freedom”
I occasionally cruise through Newsvine for articles, though it’s difficult to avoid the typical flamefests that always seem to occur around politics. This morning, I read an article that was succinct and articulate. I don’t really want to get into all the political stuff, because I’m not much for conflict, but Celestina wrote something at the very end of her piece that really struck me, and I wanted to share it in a place where I won’t forget about it (the emphasis is mine, not the original author’s).
Giving up your personal freedoms by necessity demands that you conduct your life in a state of dependence upon our government to protect you, and yet all the evidence indicates that our government is making it more likely, rather than less, that someone will want to attack us. The Terrorists will not rely upon Constitutional freedoms to hide and protect their activities. They will carry on, oblivious to the limits imposed on the rest of us. Just as the prohibition of guns will ensure that only criminals have guns, the prohibition of personal liberty will ensure that only Terrorists have freedom.
Celestina makes a very strong statement here, and it’s a scary one. I’m a little unwilling to believe hardly anything I read in the news or online these days, but I’m finding it difficult to deny the logic of this last paragraph. Her wording that “only Terrorists [will] have freedom” is perhaps a little overdramatic, but it’s interesting food for thought, if nothing else.
