Privacy Debate: Lord Alderdice opening remarks

These are not just questions of law, politics, and the constitution; they are also very human questions. Invasion of one's personal space creates feelings. Likewise, terrorism creates feelings. Sometimes these feelings are so powerful that we respond emotionally rather than reflectively and thoughtfully. When governments react emotionally, they very often make mistakes and the laws created are frequently counterproductive. In Northern Ireland, government officials treated terrorism as a security problem, but this only acted as a recruitment tool for the terrorists. They eventually realized there's not a security answer, but rather a security role as part of a larger effort to better understand and deal with the problem. It is not about reducing any of our human expectations; it's about raising our expectations and our human dignity, and in turn raising our human security.

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