Why don't we just go back to basics and think over some very telling words that came out of the mouth (PEN) of a very smart and important man who was vital in the creation of waht we now know as the USA:

# "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
# "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

THE FELLOW WHO WROTE THOSE "INSANE " WORDS WAS NAMED BENJAMIN FRANKLING ( yes, one of the founding fathers...)