Talk to me after you've raised a family. Their safety will trump your "freedom." I hope it does, anyway. Because I think a lot of you and I hope you'll be the kind of guy who puts the safety of his family first. Fuck all that other hippie nonsense. But it's a moot argument because these measures are here to stay. And that's because the technology is here to stay. If we don't use it to protect ourselves, the enemy will certainly use it against us. RonnieRocket is right about one thing. The horse is already out of the barn. None of the righties had a problem with this twelve years ago. I know I didn't, and I voted for Bush in 2000.

I lived through 9/11 in NYC, saw it up close, did over 40 of the removals from the morgue on First Avenue, and I worked I don't know how many of the funerals. It hardens you. So talk to me after you've buried a fingernail and explained to the family that's all that was left of their son or daughter.