General knowledge refresher published this article page no 26 those who study security therefore generally say that only those things that threaten core values should be regarded as being of interest in discussions of security. whose core values though the core values of the country as a whole the core values of ordinary women and men in the street do governments on behalf of citizens always have the same notion of core values as the ordinary citizen furthermore when we speak of threats to core values how intense should the threats be surely there are big and small threats to virtually every value we hold dear. can all those threats be brought into the understanding of security every time another country does something or fails to do something this may damage the core values of ones country. every time a person is robbed in the streets the security of ordinary people as they live their daily lives is harmed. yet we would be paralysed if we took such an extensive view of security general knowledge refresher magazine subscription