Privacy VS Safety

Today, ZhuXin’s oral report told us that with the technology developing rapidly, our privacy can be easily stolen or known by others. Nowadays, various kinds of monitors have been developed. There are “CCTVs” along the street, in the shopping malls and even outside our dormitories; many people have their own cameras and can secretly take photographs of other people. The supervision might help to reveal the corruption, vandalism, assault and thievery. At the same time, however, it can influence our private life. Thus, the thought-provoking fact is that it is good to sacrifice our privacy to ensure the safety.
Every coin has two sides. From my point of view, the privacy outweighs the safety provided by supervision for two following reasons. On the one hand, many people might believe that our safety is most important; I think if we do not have any privacy, even though our safety is ensured, there is no gratification in our life at all, and I do not want to live in such a “dark world” without privacy. On the other hand, this kind of supervision does not help a lot; it can only monitor our actions. Therefore, I think government should pay more attention to the education rather than supervision; the self-censorship is the most vital thing to preclude the occurrence of such bad things.
In conclusion, as these reasons illustrate, I think that though the safety is important, our privacy outweighs the safety offered by supervision; I believe that it is pleasurable to freely enjoy our privacy.