Importance Of Freedom And Safety Essay

Freedom and safety are ideals in one’s perfect world but as everyone knows this is not possible in the world we live in today. According to Cambridge Dictionary Freedom is “the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited” while Safety is “a state in which a place where you are safe and not in danger or at risk.” Where we live now freedom is a gift and something precious that not everyone can receive. Everyday it seems that governments seem to limit our freedom for safety yet people protest, does that mean that all people refuse safety for freedom. These changes like increasing more security in areas or preventing people from going somewhere dangerous limit our

All over the news there are several stories that relate to fight for freedom. Although a lot of them are in government with total power, some stories involve people who have some control and freedom of their lives that still risk their safety and themselves for true freedom. The freedom that they fight for is the earlier definition that they can “do, say, think, etc. Whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited”. Tibetans fight for freedom is an excellent example. Visiting Lhasa and various villages, the feeling and atmosphere is very light yet there are so many inner tensions. It feels like a normal city where people shop, eat, pray and talk with each other like any other country. Yet the people of Tibet light themselves on fire to gain attention of the ongoing battle of Tibetans and Chinese. These people want to be able to openly use their language, embrace their culture and follow their religion. They sacrifice their safety and at times their ‘freedom’ (according to the Chinese) due to the fact that if they die or live through immolation they will be jailed or even die (“Self Immolations in Tibet”). Chinese government control upsets the Tibetans because they are simply restricting and changing their identity as Tibetan people. Rather than letting the government let them be who they are, they fight against them to get rid of them in order to be free and safe as Tibetan people rather than free and safe as another minority in