Quote Originally Posted by apocolips31
Of course..... I doubt anyone really thinks one can be completely "safe". The term Freedom and safety is not going to be the same in ever situation. So for each scenario you would need to tweak the level of safety or Freedom. I mean is anyone really "free"? Or is anyone really "safe"?
As the existence of this site demonstrates, you are always free until free choice has been removed. Cannabis is not legal, hence we are not "free" to use it. The whole premise of marijuana prohibition is to protect society from itself (make us more safe). Yet does this legislation realize its goal? No, because i am correct.

Comparatively, does police presence increase the safety of an area? I would say yes, because it might deter a human being from acting irrational. Yet a police presence does not equate to lack of freedom, it is balanced out by ones ability to enact negative freedom. Just because a cop is around does not mean i cannot kill somebody in front of him; all his presence indicates is that my choice has potential consequences.

Freedom does not equal safety...