Your embarrassing attempt to tug at the heartstrings is duly noted. Do you assume those of us whose opinion differs from yours didn't also wear the uniform?
Freedom = the threat of being randomly searched by the cops? You've got a strange idea of freedom, my friend, certainly one inconsistent with the document you swore to uphold and defend. Just what the hell are we fighting the terrorists for, if not the "freedom" to walk from point A to point B without having to prove your innocence to a cop?
Absolutely dead on. Half the people on this thread are ready to surrender the entire BOR as long as it makes us "safer".