Thread: The Psychology of Security

There is a great amount of fear being instilled in Americans today. There is the fear of the doomsday global warming hysteria, Bush's scare tactics in passing unconstitutional laws, fear concerning gun laws.....The following is an article I found interesting concerning the security and the politics of fear.

The Psychology of Security

Security is a trade-off. This is something I have written about extensively, and is a notion critical to understanding the psychology of security. There's no such thing as absolute security, and any gain in security always involves some sort of trade-off. Security costs money, but it also costs in time, convenience, capabilities, liberties, and so on. Whether it's trading some additional home security against the inconvenience of having to carry a key around in your pocket and stick it into a door every time you want to get into your house, or trading additional security from a particular kind of airplane terrorism against the time and expense of searching every passenger, all security is a trade-off.

"Those that would trade freedom for security/safety, deserve neither"

Originally Posted by Migi e!

"Those that would trade freedom for security/safety, deserve neither"

Yes...and unfortunately we are on our way.

Originally Posted by mjdsr

Yes...and unfortunately we are on our way.

& have beeen for a very long time. I'm at least happy about the fact that our constitution has a few remnants left of it....for a little while at least.

Originally Posted by Migi e!

"Those that would trade freedom for security/safety, deserve neither"

Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither, and get what they deserve.

People end up being LESS secure in the police state we now have than in the free nation we once had.

Blessings

Bob

Originally Posted by Migi e!

"Those that would trade freedom for security/safety, deserve neither"

You seem to have changed a lot in the short time I have been on this board.

Good for you!