APAD: Crime is the price we pay for freedom

本帖於 2025-02-10 04:16:54 時間, 由版主 移花接木 編輯

Crime is the price we pay for freedom.  I saw this line while watching political contents. It strikes a chord with me.   It must be derived from "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization"

Here is the reasoning:

 In a free country, it’s impossible to prevent a mad lunatic from getting a knife and stabbing people on a train, you might prevent some lunatics but you can’t prevent them all. The best you can hope for is that rescue comes fast enough before anything serious occurs.  People die at the hands of villains, because freedom is applied to everyone, the law-abiding and the criminals, the peace-lovers and loonies, the innocent and the guilty. That’s the price we pay for being able to go out without fear of government intervention, for having the law protect our privacy and property from the government eaves-dropping, for being innocent till proven guilty. That’s the price of freedom.

The price of freedom is the possibility of crime, and if you’re unwilling to pay that price,  then, don’t expect to live in a free country.

North Korea is probably a country of the lowest crime rate under the firm grab of the government,
and the United States has, by far, the highest homicide rate of the G7 countries.

But do you think the people there would rather be safe–or free? For the most part, everyone prefers freedom. Because freedom is worth the price, even if that price is paid in the blood of innocent people.

 

 

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Agreed. Freedom is never free! People die2get & die2keep it -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 04:39:58

I’d rather pay2live in it than in a place full of CCTVs ;-)) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 04:43:19

Good write-up! & Long live freedom !!!!! -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 04:44:37

The same applies to gun violence in U.S. -蔣聞銘- 給 蔣聞銘 發送悄悄話 蔣聞銘 的博客首頁 (1454 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 06:51:41

“Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 07:18:33

dies with chaos" — Will Durant. So there is a balance … -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 07:19:47

Everything comes with a price as long as worth it -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 06:59:19

Canada has more balanced liberty&discipline, -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 07:03:03

no overpriced to me -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 07:03:54

Free people should make sure that crime does not pay. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 08:56:42

do U mean "0-dollar-buy" in CA? isn't it correctedBy B36? -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 09:04:08

Too many holes to plug... Didn't know about B36. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 09:24:31

Crime Stoppers Canada does -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 09:23:08

neighborhood watch USA tries to catch up :-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 14:27:32

Decent free people shouldn't pay high price of crime -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (43 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 12:28:03

好人一生平安? :-) The west has no such concept. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 14:28:52

好像鬼子裏也講什麽天堂啊地獄啊啥的 -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (333 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 15:15:51

哈哈哈哈,Thx4 theFunnyStory! 我覺得:出來混都是要還滴。善有善報惡有惡報,時候如到一定會報滴 :) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 15:50:03

The theory I heard was salvation thru faith only -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 16:18:29

Well, this is one way to rationalize crime in society -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (589 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 10:15:32

more social support&less inequality help2reduce someCrime -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 10:27:04

Social justice or injustice is an issue indeed -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 11:22:49

Oh,now I know why I love China so much——I felt safe when -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 13:26:34

I walked on the street of my hometown~ -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 13:27:42

Canada is a much safer place to live without compromising -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 13:54:58

much freedom, the maximum freedom 1 can have -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 13:55:36

1's freedom shall not intervene other's freedom. -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 13:57:14

A friend of mine said, the US to Canada is just like Beijing -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 14:09:52

to Tianjin~ How do you feel? -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 14:11:10

很難說,這兩個國家習俗差異,比美國州之間的差異還小 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/10/2025 postreply 14:57:37

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