Straight up.
We live in a free society. The only true way to prevent someone from having the opportunity of killing someone else would require an absolutely oppressive amount of control over everyone. Even protecting the president from a dedicated/determined (willing to die himself) attacker is extremely difficult.
You absolutely wouldn't want to live under a system in which the police actually had a high chance of being able to prevent such a determined murderer. I know I wouldn't want to, anyhow. What if your every day life was treated like going through the TSA to get on a flight? Dealing with that level of invasion feels disgusting/dehumanizing, and even that is still extremely porous, and ineffective.
This is honestly the biggest problem with allowing everyone (especially most women) an equal vote - there are an absolutely retarded amount of people who are willing to cast away a shockingly high amount of our freedom (not just theirs, but - more importantly - yours) so they can have that small illusion of being "safe". Look no further than what those stupid fucks were willing to give up (not just give up, but cheer on) to feel even a fleeting amount of safety from something as weak as COVID.
It goes back to that one Benjamin Franklin quote. It's one of those things where it'd debatable as to whether or not he actually said it, but God damn is it true:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Straight up.
We live in a free society. The only true way to prevent someone from having the opportunity of killing someone else would require an absolutely oppressive amount of control over everyone. Even protecting the president from a dedicated/determined (willing to die himself) attacker is extremely difficult.
You absolutely wouldn't want to live under a system in which the police actually had a high chance of being able to prevent such a determined murderer. I know I wouldn't want to, anyhow. What if your every day life was treated like going through the TSA to get on a flight? Dealing with that level of invasion feels disgusting, and even that is still extremely porous, and ineffective.
This is honestly the biggest problem with allowing everyone (especially most women) an equal vote - there are an absolutely retarded amount of people who are willing to cast away a shockingly high amount of our freedom (not just theirs, but - more importantly - yours) so they can have that small illusion of being "safe". Look no further than what those stupid fucks were willing to give up (not just give up, but cheer on) to feel even a fleeting amount of safety from something as weak as COVID.
It goes back to that one Benjamin Franklin quote. It's one of those things where it'd debatable as to whether or not he actually said it, but God damn is it true:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Straight up.
We live in a free society. The only true way to prevent someone from having the opportunity of killing someone else would require an absolutely oppressive amount of control over everyone. Even protecting the president from a dedicated/determined (willing to die himself) attacker is extremely difficult.
You absolutely wouldn't want to live under a system in which the police actually had a high chance of being able to prevent such a determined murderer. I know I wouldn't want to, anyhow. What if your every day life was treated like going through the TSA to get on a flight? Dealing with that level of invasion feels disgusting, and even that is still extremely porous, and ineffective.
This is honestly the biggest problem with allowing everyone (especially most women) an equal vote - there are absolutely retarded amount of people who are willing to cast away a shockingly high amount of our freedom (not just theirs, but - more importantly - yours) so they can have that small illusion of being "safe". Look no further than what those stupid fucks were willing to give up (not just give up, but cheer on) to feel even a fleeting amount of safety from something as weak as COVID.
It goes back to that one Benjamin Franklin quote. It's one of those things where it'd debatable as to whether or not he actually said it, but God damn is it true:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Straight up.
We live in a free society. The only true way to prevent someone from having the opportunity of killing someone else would require an absolutely oppressive amount of control over everyone. Even protecting the president from a dedicated/determined (willing to die himself) attacker is extremely difficult.
You absolutely wouldn't want to live under a system in which the police actually had a high chance of being able to prevent such a determined murderer. I know I wouldn't want to, anyhow. What if your every day life was treated like going throw the TSA to get on a flight?
This is honestly the biggest problem with allowing everyone (especially most women) an equal vote - there are absolutely retarded amount of people who are willing to cast away a shockingly high amount of our freedom (not just theirs, but - more importantly - yours) so they can have that small illusion of being "safe". Look no further than what those stupid fucks were willing to give up (not just give up, but cheer on) to feel even a fleeting amount of safety from something as weak as COVID.
It goes back to that one Benjamin Franklin quote. It's one of those things where it'd debatable as to whether or not he actually said it, but God damn is it true:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."