You know, this may be unpopular, but I still agree with the general idea. I sure don't think I'm that much safer than I was in the days after 9/11, and whatever's been "gained" I don't think has been worth the price. In fact, I probably am more worried about traveling abroad now than I was before, since what our bumfucked administration did after 9/11 has ensured pretty much every country out there hates Americans, whereas before the general belief seemed to be maybe not positive toward us, but certainly not as hostile.
The current administration seems to think that the only way we'll have defeated those damn terrorists is when there's zero possibility of falling victim to another attack, which is not going to happen. Even if the Bush administration throws the entire Bill of Rights into a bonfire in an effort to keep the bad guys out, if someone really wants to, they'll find a way in. And even if they didn't, you don't need to look any further than a mile from where I work to remember that outside is not the only place we're in danger of being attacked from.
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Date: 2006-09-12 04:06 am (UTC)The current administration seems to think that the only way we'll have defeated those damn terrorists is when there's zero possibility of falling victim to another attack, which is not going to happen. Even if the Bush administration throws the entire Bill of Rights into a bonfire in an effort to keep the bad guys out, if someone really wants to, they'll find a way in. And even if they didn't, you don't need to look any further than a mile from where I work to remember that outside is not the only place we're in danger of being attacked from.
Amen to that Franklin quote.