[truth_seeker]

"in the old days, conservative meant restricting government intrusion into the public's private lives"

Pretty risky in time of war.

My mother's family gladly gave up their freedom to keep the lights on at night in Los Angeles county, during WWII.

Would you argue citizens should have said "hell no" to the government, and burned their lights anyway?

The rights of the many apparently trumped the rights of a few.

I like real world examples.

At the present time, I am asked that my phone be subject to screening, lest I be plotting (over the phone) to murder thousands of my countrymen.

[JeffAtlanta]

Pretty risky in time of war.

How will we know when this war is over? With WWII we knew when Germans and Japanese surrendered.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"At the present time, I am asked that my phone be subject to screening, lest I be plotting (over the phone) to murder thousands of my countrymen."

Precisely, and I hate to be so blunt about it, but isn't it the people who are already doing illegal things, who are so concerned about what "rights" are going to be taken from them?