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by rokhayakebe 4190 days ago
Upvoted, but your comment sounds a bit self centered.

"Anybody who enjoys social freedom because others have toiled, and some are still toiling, for it should give up his freedom when the state needs it."

You enjoy many benefits because the "citizens" you speak of contribute to the state and make it so you live there happily and safely. Now when these people, together as citizens, feel like their "social contract" is being abused, they have a right, through the government, to put an immediate and sharp hold on your freedom to have the matter resolved.

Now in this case, if the police did not act, you can consider it as an approval. If you disagree with this method, you also have the right to protest in the same manner.

Edit: Also a protest is a nuisance, terrorism is an actual threat to your freedom.

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> Edit: Also a protest is a nuisance, terrorism is an actual threat to your freedom.

Eh. My freedoms are a lot less threatened by terrorism than by the people responding to terrorism.