Bombings in London and Turkey have brought to the fore the old ideas that authoritarian regimes are better equipped than democracies to combat terrorism, and that such attacks are the price we pay for liberty. For some, that is a price worth paying; for others, the costs seem too high.
伦敦和土耳其的爆炸事件再一次把这样一个陈腐观念推到了人们的面前：那就是独裁政权能比民主制度更好地应对恐怖，而这些袭击是我们为自由付出的惨重代价。对有些人来讲，付出这种代价还算值得，但对另外一些人来讲，这样的代价似乎就有些太高了。