braineclipse
Terry Dyson
Ok well I respect someones life or lose of life more than I do someone elses perceived right to claim asylum.
Israel suffer more than us from the fight within, thats true as do, Turkey, a number of African countries and the sub continent, I am saying we are a higher target for external threats, thats Target not victim, Target and I am happy to restrict someones rights (thats a vague word because in rights) if it ensured the safety of the British public.
And the word freedoms is really another vague term, in the interest of world safety do I get the freedoms of the world? Behave, if I go to Canada and the US I now go through a visa and check process, if I go to Kuwait I need a pre travel VISA so I am not sure what freedoms you feel others are entitled to or would be missing out on?
Questions - would you say Berlin or Paris or Brussels is a just a small price to pay as long as peoples rights and freedoms are respected?
So you would severely limit asylum seekers and perhaps immigration in the interest of security?
How about rights for British citizens? Would you go as far as more surveillance, less anonymity, perhaps even low threshold tracking and phone tapping if there's a suspicion? Watch lists to put people on if there's some suspicion and heavy investment in security?
I'm not sure if I've given you the impression that I think "others" are entitled to a lot of freedom in Britain. I'm Norwegian myself and I'm fine with what I have to go through to travel to Britain. I'm more talking in terms of what freedoms you think citizens should have to give up in the interest of security.
I think the price our generation has had to pay for freedom through enduring terrorism is a very small price compared to what previous generations have had to endure. I think we should be very careful before we start trading freedom for security. The freedoms we in "the west" have are taken for granted by way too many and has a tremendous value for us.