The Unreasonable Man

My rule is that whenever you suggest something idiotic and give “terrorism” as the reason, 80% of the population agrees. No matter how stupid the suggestion.

And so it is not surprising for me to read in today’s Globe and Mail that 4 out of 5 Canadians are in favour of the “virtual strip-search” scanners. “Everything that is necessary” is OK when it comes to fighting terrorists, say Canadians.

Apparently that incliudes giving up freedoms that have been 2,000 years in the making. I really feel like someone watching the birth of Nazi Germany, unable to do anything. Our right to not be strip-searched has been abolished just like that.

And I am pretty sure 80% of Germans thought all Jews should be sent away “to the East”, back in 1933. Yes, I know, I must not bring up the Nazis. Except I choose to, since it is a very good parallel to other situations where we give up freedoms “to fight terrorism”.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 7:44 pm and is filed under Politics and social.