The US is a very safe and free country, yet the people of this country wonder what they find more important: freedom or security? The constitution protects US citizen their rights. What is the US willing to do for the freedom of the people; could they put us in danger? The US went into war for the rights they wanted; would they do it again? The United States was born because the people of that nation wanted freedom and independence. In most American’s eyes, freedom is one of the most important things for a country to have. Overall, looking back at the history of this country, the United States could potentially be moving more towards freedom than security by adding amendments to the constitution and allowing some dangerous …show more content…
That’s how america got its freedom Just like the united states did during the revolutionary war, that’s why freedom is important, almost vital, to have security?
Back in 2014 a movie was released that actually threatened the safety of the american people. BBC news states that North Korea threatened to go into war over the insulting movie that was still released despite the threats. This shows that our freedom of speech could put us in danger with other countries that do not have the same rights. This shows that the United States would put our freedom ahead of our security.
Of course, freedom and security work hand in hand; one is needed to have the other. Without freedom, history could repeat itself and go through another revolutionary war, uprisings could occur and there could be devastation.
Furthermore, Looking at the history of our freedoms, amendments keep getting added onto the constitution. The constitution started with ten amendments, or rights, and there are now twenty seven. In 230 years seventeen amendments have been made and put into law? Taking this into account, freedoms of the US are piling up, and one has to wonder; what’s next? There could be more for better or