Guarantees of safety

Think about all the movies you’ve seen where some security person tells the person they’re assigned to protect that they “guarantee their safety.” This is either the person who ends up betraying them or gets killed and the person who was their charge is left to fend for himself. Just like safety itself, the guarantee of safety is an illusion. It is said to people to induce an emotional response…a sense of being taken care of.

If you want to have hired guns to protect you, go ahead. Just beware anyone who comes with assurances of the outcome. I can’t guarantee your safety. The best I can do is die trying to protect you. That is the only honorable promise anyone can make and the only thing you should expect when you’re placing your life in someone else’s hands. It’s what soldiers do for each other every day. Guaranteeing safety is a disingenuous and dangerous statement made in arrogance. Think about it. Even G-d doesn’t guarantee anyone’s safety. There are passages in the Bible where G-d protects people from danger (Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego) and times when he doesn’t (too many references).

Whoever guarantees your safety doesn’t mean it. Whoever risks their life to protect you does.