Express your thoughts to the following statement: The governing body should be allowed to do whatever they feel is necessary to protect its citizens.

I agree with this statement, but then again, I also disagree with this statement. I agree with this statement because sometimes the government makes decisions based on the safety of the citizens. At the same time, I disagree with this statement because I believe that the citizens should have a say in the government. This would prevent some of the problems that the book The Handmaid's Tale has in it. In the book, the author writes about how the women were slowly stripped of their rights. An example of this would be when the author states, "'I’m sorry', he said, 'but it’s the law. I really am sorry.' 'For what?' somebody said. 'I have to let you go', he said. 'It’s the law, I have to. I have to let you all go.'" This is an example because the government made this decision to let go any females in the workforce to protect them. This is not the only thing that the government took away from women. The government also took away their rights to have money because this would mean that women were allowed to go and make their own decisions about what to buy. The government in the book wanted to make sure that women didn't have many rights because they wanted to control them to protect them in a way. I guess it just depends on the situation that the government is making decisions on. I don't necessarily want the government to make decisions for me in some situations. I believe that in some cases, us citizens should be able to make our own decisions, especially when it comes to our own safety.