The recent Flock camera debate has me thinking about the age-old conflict between security and freedom. To be honest, I’m not sure what side I’m on with regard to Flock cameras, though many seem to be fervently against them. If Flock cameras do violate our constitutional rights, then I’m all for removing them. But if they don’t, then I’m unsure. It is much easier to trade security for freedom from a position of comfort and when it is someone else’s security. But I wonder how many anti-Flock people would lose their fervor were they less fortunate. On the other hand, it is true the government will abuse all powers given to it. I find it frustrating that many people seem to recognize that fact when it comes to Flock cameras but not with regard to the dramatic, variegated increase in size and scope of the federal government over the better part of a century. At the end of the day, the fervently-anti-Flock crowd may be right, even if their fervor is inconsisent and unearned. I, for one, am unsure, and perhaps that is a defect, but I can’t see it.