Sunday, January 25, 2015
Boiling Frog Analogy
In class Ms. Fletcher used an analogy about a frog in boiling water. It went something like this: "If you put a frog in boiling water, he will jump out - but if you put a frog in warm water and then slowly raise the temperature, he will stay in the water until he dies. I really like this analogy because it exemplifies how our rights have been taken away. If, all of a sudden, it were proposed that we would be monitored and tracked, people would have been outraged and opposed the new implementation. However, since our rights have slowly been sacrificed over time in the name of increased safety, the public as a whole has not been bothered by it. If more people became aware of what is going on, we could preserve our constitutional freedoms entirely; however, if people remain unaware, we may suffer much like the unaware frog.
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I completely agree with you on this analogy. I feel that a lot of the people now that are okay with giving up more and more rights in return for their safety don't see already just how much they have already given up. Our government has slowly begun taking freedom after freedom away and claims that it is for our safety. At what point though will we be completely safe? The answer to that is that we will never be completely safe, nothing and no one can keep you completely and utterly safe. So, with that said, if our government is taking away certain rights and freedoms for us to be safe, then at what point does that end? Are we supposed to give up every bit of privacy that we have so our government knows everything about us? I mean, if our government knew everything about us and where we were every second and who we were talking to and interacting with every minute of every day then that would keep us pretty safe don't you think? Just how far is America willing to go just to achieve this supposed "safety" our government claims it can provide? I would rather have my freedoms and rights and worry about keeping myself safe rather than giving up all of that and "trust" that a group of strangers are going to keep me safe. That too! Our government isn't here to protect each individual. That is too difficult of a job to do because there are too many people in the country. Our government is here to protect the general population. So, instead of hoping that the government would protect me and keep me safe (one individual) I would rather have my rights and freedoms and keep myself safe, because I know I can trust myself. I'm so sorry for my ranting. I just began thinking about all of this stuff in the midst of my writing. (lol)
ReplyDeleteI agree with the analogy because it applies to so many circumstances in our world. The governments in every county take rights away slowly to brainwash their citizens that it's okay. The reason I don't think this would apply to America is because we never had "freedom" to begin with. Our government does use this method, but it's not like we didn't have restrictions in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI agree and it's quite alarming. It makes me wonder how many slow-boilingpots might I be sitting in? I hate to sound like a paranoid, conspiracy theorist, but I can't help but wonder how many more events of crime, terrorist attacks, or federal security breaches will it take for the government to place their thumb on us?
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