SECURITY INDUSTRY TREATING ONLY THE SYMPTOMS, NOT THE CAUSE
In a no-holds-barred talk at the International Summit on Travel & Tourism Security earlier this month in Kuala Lumpur, Travel Impact Newswire Executive Editor Imtiaz Muqbil blasted the safety & security industry for seeking to treat only the symptoms, not the cause of global insecurity.
Broadening the definition of security to include human security, Imtiaz Muqbil said, "The public must also question the many factors surrounding violence and conflict. The defence and security industry is the biggest business in the world. The more the world spends on arms, ammunition and security, especially countries that can least afford it, the less they have to spend on education, health, and infrastructure. That is a formula for revolution and its first cousin, terrorism."
He added: "Hypocrisy, lies, double standards, lack of transparency and accountability all strike at the heart of the democratic values we hold so dear, and buttresses my conclusion that the public, like in "Animal Farm" and "1984", will eventually decide that a line has been crossed somewhere and that the price it is paying in terms of loss of freedoms is not worth it any more."
For a full text of the speech, send an email to imtiaz@travel-impact-newswire.com
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