You know, I’ve never been able to go along on racial jesting, so maybe I should try harder to lighten up, James, and not be such a dud. I guess I’ve always been a little too serious on that particular subject.
We’re all on the edge of finding ways to balance our security problems with our precious liberties. Nothing is more likely to endanger our personal liberties than another successful terrorist attack at home. Trying to balance security concerns without interrupting our liberties is no easy task, but we must work it out to get it right.
The problem is, terrorists used our open society against us on 9/11 and changes had to be made to try and curtail any effort for them to do something like that again. In wartime, government has to assume greater power. My thoughts to you were directed at the cause and effect how we have found ourselves here in a re-structured country that has found it necessary to infringe on some of our personal and civil liberties. Some things we think are silly (and they are) and some are vital, but we must disrupt the efforts of those who want to destroy us.
That bulleting cell phone story was interesting. Hadn’t heard that before. The Patriot Act was not around on 9/11, however, to cause that to happen. By the way, there are “sunset” provisions in the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of this year.
This is Andrea’s house, so I will fade off on this subject. Thanks for listening and Stuart, thanks for your kind comment.
Dee