We must each eventually learn that our liberty is the result of acceptance of a certain amount of risk in our lives. If we wish to have liberty, we either mitigate that risk or we submit to an authority that can promise our security, but they can never perfectly provide it. Every layer added by autoritarian control is a dimishment of the liberty of which we were endowed. Some of us willingly do that as we do not wish to do the work or diligence to mitigate the risk. Others accept the risk as part of our liberty and accept the consequences. Why? Because, in the end we beleive that the liberty to engage in commece, to have free association, to enter into contracts among private parties, to speak with freedom, to be secure in our person and property has a value far in excess of our blood and treasure, time, and effort that must be expended to maintain that liberty.