What is security?

Chris Butler and Robin Bowles report on an event organised by Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting, where local Friends examined the concept of security

Security is a word that is much misused. It is used to justify a whole range of horrors. For example, it is used to justify the spending of £163 billion to replace, and maintain over its lifetime, the Trident nuclear weapon system: if we don’t invest in these weapons of mass destruction we will not feel secure.

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