Is security more important than privacy?

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WRlaXbYpH8

White guy tries to explain how he feels about the UK's surveillance society.

Let's discuss this subject properly.

I'll start:
Privacy is more important. A pretext for mass invasion of privacy which only harmed thousands of people in the last decade isn't sufficient. Yes, I'm talking about terrorism.

>Boston Bombings: 3 dead. Whole of Boston under lock down. Nobody can leave home. People don't even feel safe in their OWN HOME. (Picture where a guy in a light tank was pointing his rifle at the cameraman).

>7/7/05 bombings: 51~ dead. Shit ton of CCTV installed, police powers DRASTICALLY improved, less transparency in govt, more fear and tax payer money wasted on keeping the fear, internet monitoring and soon all communications.

>9/11: Almost 3k dead. Patriot Act. (Plus more obviously but that was the main one).

Feel free to continue

>>5

What you said is very valid, and I agree.

But see the thing is, they DO keep content. When James Clapper LIES blatantly to the senators, we can't trust anything else they say.

Speaking meticulously and not answering the questions properly which politicians are guilty of is completely different to just lying.

Here is the source that he lied:

http://rt.com/usa/clapper-lying-senate-nsa-568/

About the content, the first NSA whistle blower called Russ Tice had an interview with RT and he explicitly said that the NSA are lying when they say that they don't touch content.

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6m1XbWOfVk#t=07m50s