Almost every time the government tries to infringe on freedom, invade people's privacy, or otherwise control behvaior, it is done in the name of "safety" and "security." A free citizen rarely needs government involvement in his or her daily life. Time and time again, it is demonstrated that the government is extremely inefficient at providing the things it claims to provide. Speaking of security, the U.S. government with its excellent military can't even remotely secure its southern border (nor the northern one). If the terrorists had not even been granted visas to come to the U.S. then 9/11 would not have happened. I'm not a fan of extreme de-regulation of corporations nor am I a fan of complete anarchy with regards to the individual. However, the majority of the time an individual, a group of citizens, or a corporation or other entity can do the same job that the government does on something much cheaper, faster, more efficiently, and with less consequences. Put a bunch of armed citizens on the Mexican border and I bet the border would suddenly become much more secure. Put the responsibility of airline security in the hands of the pilots, other crew members, airline owners, and also have passengers put each other in check and I bet airline travel would be safer and more secure. I haven't heard any citizen argue that they don't want to be safe on an airplane. Most, however, feel that there is a more efficient, effective, and less freedom-infringing way of doing it than a federal beauracracy employing donut eaters whose main focus is their next lunch break.
The Obamacare comment was off-topic but relevant in terms of discussing freedoms. For those outside of the U.S. who haven't heard about it the bill includes requiring Americans to buy health insurance vs. paying for healthcare in other ways. It is all the same to me. The government wants to increasingly get more and more into people's wallets, homes, cars, computers, jobs, schools, health, and in the case of TSA in people's pants. Every time the government "gives" you something it has the power to take that away. Think about it. In fact let's take a look at TS healthcare. In America, most insurance won't cover our treatments. However, like anything else in life we can save up money and get our surgeries, etc. when we are ready. The system sucks but at least if you have the money, you get your surgery and other treatments done. I read complaint after complaint on this board from those living in Canada or the UK where many of these treatments including SRS are free of charge. Yet people right here on this board write about waiting months just to see an endo, a year or more to finally get hormones, and many many years to get approved for SRS as well as having to go through endless departments and other redundant hoops to get what they need done. There is a reason why: government control. Whether it is airline security, funding for SRS, or anything else when you put government in control, it puts you out of control, period.
