Liberty to fight for

It is too easy to turn to governments in search of security. In Britain, new DNA databases and ID cards promise to save us all. They say there cannot be freedom without security. Governments wish to trade their responsibility to our security for something that does not belong to them: freedom belongs to individuals, not to a distant bureaucratic elite. If the Free World is to win its struggle against extremism and oppression, it will need something to fight for.

(Spanish) Libertad por la que luchar

Es muy fácil el ponerse a posposición de los gobiernos en busca de seguridad. En el Reino Unido, nuevas bases de datos de ADN y la propuesta de un DNI prometen salvarnos a todos. Dicen que no puede haber libertad sin seguridad. Los gobiernos quieren intercambiar su responsabilidad de protegernos por algo que no les pertenece. La libertad pertenece a los individuos, no a una distante elite burocrática. Si el Mundo Libre quiere ganar su enfrentamiento con el extremismo y la opresión, necesitara algo por lo que luchar.

2 comments so far

  1. snipfer on

    Nice thing, the bilingual blog. I’ve thinking about doing the same thing myself but I’ve never had the the nor the will.

    Good old dutch…

  2. seneca on

    Great Reagan video! He was in his prime at this time, probably well before he became President.

    Mike


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