4) Giving up freedom for security has begun to look naive. Even to me. Many of you were ahead of me on this - Three out of four hijacked airplanes destroyed the World Trade Center and a piece of the Pentagon in 2001. How is it possible that those planes were taken using only five perps armed with knives? It was possible because all those hundreds of passengers had been carefully stripped of every possible weapon. We may want to reconsider this approach. It doesn't work in high schools either.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Sacrificing freedom for security may be ineffective and naive given past failures.
- In plain terms
- Trading freedom for security did not stop attacks.
- What can you take from it?
- Reconsider security measures that strip personal freedom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does this security measure actually work?
- What freedoms are you willing to trade?
Another view
Some security measures are still necessary for safety.
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