I think it's a reasonable trade-off for the right to be treated as an honorable adult.
More to the point, though, it's how the question was phrased - the former is a threat to life and limb, to peace of mind, even to the stability of society if it's taken far enough. But it's not a threat to *freedom* (except insofar as freedom is endangered if society collapses, but I find that unlikely). The latter is a (willing) relinquishment of certain specific freedoms, and is therefore a larger threat to freedom as a whole, because if you can get people to adjust to giving up some freedoms, you can keep nibbling away until you've gotten them all.
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Date: 2005-04-30 05:09 am (UTC)More to the point, though, it's how the question was phrased - the former is a threat to life and limb, to peace of mind, even to the stability of society if it's taken far enough. But it's not a threat to *freedom* (except insofar as freedom is endangered if society collapses, but I find that unlikely). The latter is a (willing) relinquishment of certain specific freedoms, and is therefore a larger threat to freedom as a whole, because if you can get people to adjust to giving up some freedoms, you can keep nibbling away until you've gotten them all.