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Originally Posted by SentToStud
We're one terrorist attack away from being in a police state in the U.S..
Interstate highways will all become toll roads and tolls will be taken (and your papers checked) by Haliburton staff.
All the while, another generation of "manstream" American kids raised on McDonalds and Ritalin who have been taught to express themselves by reciting text (or, as needed, turning shopping malls into shooting galleries) as opposed to thinking critically will emerge as our new leaders and best hope.
The ChertOff Your Back.
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Old cliche, but a double edged sword.
After 9/11, I felt more comfortable that airports were getting into people's "business". I felt more comfortable being checked at events in which very large numbers of people were present. Israeli citizens have given up a lot of right to privacy for security purposes. They have paid a price.
On the other hand, you have certain administrations that react without thinking of longterm consequences of actions involving surveillance... enough so that even the most conservative members of the Supreme Court are dumbfounded.
Just glad I live here where so many people think about both sides of the problem. I am also glad we have a Supreme Court. The only part of government that does not get totally caught up in "groupthink" when something awful happens.