Resolved: Freedom is more important than Security.

I thank Con for his quick reply and apologize for my delay in posting my arguments."He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither." -Benjamin Franklin The first Amendment of the Bill of rights states that: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (http://www.billofrights.org...)Therefore, it is our Constitutional Right to obtain freedom. A key difference is that freedom never indoctrinates people to believe they need it. Instead, it is something they realize on their own, after enough people have died — that freedom is the only route to happiness. Those who fight for freedom know best its value, but so often fail to transfer that understanding to their children. Soon those children, or their children, fail to see freedom’s value. After all, freedom doesn’t use scare tactics, or squeeze dissenters, discredit disbelievers or use the media to show them how wrong they are. Freedom lets you do as you want, so long as you don’t hurt anyone or impair their freedoms. People will keep you in check when you fringe upon their freedoms, but no one will keep you from giving up your own. (http://christianmichael.org...).An example to this would be - innumerable wars have been fought till date, each with the basic reason being freedom. The French Revolution or the American War of Independence had been fought to attain freedom from their merciless foreign rulers. Even the War of Independence in India which went on for about 200 years (1757-1947) led to the death of millions of soldiers and freedom fighters. Thus freedom to everyone is something worth fighting for and the sacrifices of our soldiers is what, that resulted in the existence of a free nation - U.S.A. after all having your physical body protected via Security is more effective than by arbitrary freedoms. The "physical body" is never protected /secured. You could die anytime due to a cardiac arrest etc. However, if one is not free as expressed in the Constitution, one would have numerous emotional and psychological breakdowns thereby resulting in death.There are two different kinds of freedomI clearly disagree with this opinion of yours as we are talking about all forms of freedom - freedom of speech, political freedom, religious freedom etc."Freedom is the ability to exercise a natural right unencumbered by strictures from the criminal or uncivil aggressions of individuals, institutions or government" - James Bovard One cannot have security without freedom that is, people must have the freedom to provide/receive security. Freedom without (or with minimal) security, however, is possible.Also, there has been a question on this very site which asks which of the two - freedom of security, was more important and 67% have voted for freedom. (http://www.debate.org...) Freedom should never be sacrificed for safety or security because it is far more valuable than safety or security. Those of us that have freedom, or at least the illusion of it, don't really understand what people who don't have it would give up to get it. A brief look at history would offer a glimpse of the countless people who sacrificed their safety, their lives, and even the lives of their loved ones just in the hopes of gaining liberty; it is costly and difficult to get. Security is rather fluid; what is secure today may not be secure tomorrow. It fluctuates depending on things like the threat, the economy and the ability to stay one step ahead of the other guy. It's not a sure thing. Freedom is not fluid. It is very easy to lose and impossibly difficult to get back. Pragmatically, if people are free, they are able to create their own safety freely, with no restrictions. Thank You. Vote Pro.Over to you FanBoy.