A recent round-table discussion centered on why security at schools should not include metal detectors and other signs of collective safety.
The argument focused on the deterioration in the quality of schooling which would occur if the schools began to feel more like fortresses rather than educational institutions.
The debate concerned the intrusion of tighter security into the freedom of our schools, which should not be imposed by criminal elements. The logic went that if the additional security measures were enacted the bad guys had basically won the day.
You could argue and discuss this for a long time but at the end our schools still remain vulnerable. This last incident in Colorado could very easily have resulted in many, many more deaths. We were just lucky. We might even make the claim that the increased security since Columbine substantially saved a number more lives.
I wonder if the D.C. Federal Judge would have so smugly undermined the constitutionality of the anti-crime terrorists surveillance if "his kid" was blown away by a mad person because security failed to trump our over expectations of what it means to be a free society.
Without safety , the Constitution will lose its value.
The argument focused on the deterioration in the quality of schooling which would occur if the schools began to feel more like fortresses rather than educational institutions.
The debate concerned the intrusion of tighter security into the freedom of our schools, which should not be imposed by criminal elements. The logic went that if the additional security measures were enacted the bad guys had basically won the day.
You could argue and discuss this for a long time but at the end our schools still remain vulnerable. This last incident in Colorado could very easily have resulted in many, many more deaths. We were just lucky. We might even make the claim that the increased security since Columbine substantially saved a number more lives.
I wonder if the D.C. Federal Judge would have so smugly undermined the constitutionality of the anti-crime terrorists surveillance if "his kid" was blown away by a mad person because security failed to trump our over expectations of what it means to be a free society.
Without safety , the Constitution will lose its value.
