Originally Posted by essxjay
Mmm ... the argument doesn't work. You're committing a fallacy of composition: concluding that parts of a whole with a particular property means that the whole also has that property, e.g. Genus: humanity; Differentia: (i) security appeaser | (ii) liberty defender.
We are all part of the whole, no matter what the differentia.
Simply put, the whole of humanity (or even just North American and Europe) is not guilty of "[sacraficing] our liberties" just because some or a majority are willing trade it for temporary and illusory security.
Well that is the result isn't it? Even if it is a minority who are giving up
OUR liberties, we are all living under this new paradigm.
To suggest that the only way to escape such classification is to flee from one's residence/country of citizenship makes no sense. If anything, I ought to remain here and defend my freedoms and privileges as long as I can.
I didn't suggest escape. I am right with you in defending our freedoms. I actively resist as much as possible without putting myself into prison and without giving up flying. I have taken about 15 flights in the last month and carried on all my usual liquids, including today where I flew FRA-BOS.