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How much freedom should we trade for our Security A perspective from the Caribbean
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How Much Freedom Should We Trade For Security?
Summary
The essay seeks to briefly to examine the present and reflect briefly on the past as a primer for going forward in respect to the freedom that we so cherish in western society. The way that that freedom is taken for granted is related in a recollection from the writer’s workday on the morning of the 11th. The modern day concept of the global village is matched with the characteristics of the Caribbean village and several parallels and lessons are drawn from that situation to apply to the question and hand. The concept of freedom and what it means to the people of the Global village is also briefly examined and a few quotes pertinent to the question of freedom are cited from American presidents. ... The essay comes to a definite conclusion that the ideas of freedom and security are co-dependent and each circumstance should be analysed on its own merit. ... Just as we were getting started in earnest, it was ‘noised’ around the office that a plane had flown into one of the World Trade Centre Buildings. ... I wonder now if, in retrospect, the majestic view of the Twin Towers literally ‘towering’ above as you walk down the street from the subway made me think that it could only be a propeller plane. ... These were the Twin Towers; symbols of western might, supremacy…and of freedom. ... Our ‘global village’ had just gotten much colder. ... Freedom was under threat, this threat was irrational and unconscionable and it had to go. From that time onward the thought of someone flying a plane into my twin office complex was present on my mind. ...
Local village life is not all that different from the “Global Village. ... Being from the Caribbean we understand what village life is all about. ... One of the bonds is the common area that you come from; what you do casts the others in a tangible, good or bad light. ... Structural improvements to houses, burglar bars, bolted doors all reflect that there are some who have no regard for the freedom of others but rather view that freedom as a chance to reinforce their freedom but taking what they want. It became evident that village freedom often depended on the respect for that freedom by others and that corresponding responsibility. ... Efforts to deny the wherewithal to effect that irresponsibility have proven futile and the security of the village is threatened.
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Title: How much freedom should we trade for our Security A perspective from the Caribbean
Words: 2039
Rating: None
Pages: 8.2
submitted by: maxxin
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