[Hatteras]

As a model railroading hobbyist (N, HO and G), I do, on occasion, stop to get some shots of various trains and I used to take the kids, when they were younger, up to the local station to see the local model railroad club's layout and hopefully catch a train or two pass by.

With all that being said, and although it sounds like a cliche that has become too old, too quickly, ....we live in a different world now. And like the passing of the steam era, we'll just have to get used to it.

[Prodigal Son]

Well, that's you and your opinion and you're entitled to it. But for me- better to have my throat cut by a terrorist as a free man than to live safe as a slave in my own country. Screw safety and security. Life has zero value without freedom. If America is no longer a free country then freedom will exist nowhere.

Freedom equals danger and insecurity. There is only a small percentage of people who are actually willing to fight for freedom or to exist in a state of freedom. The rest would willingly trade it in for security. The rest want government oversight into their lives- handrails at Niagra Falls, Social Security, subsidized pharmaceuticals- that sort of thing. It's always been that way. The ones that would trade it in now would have been the ones who were unwilling to oppose the British during the Revolution.

No big thing- human nature. Most people just want the safety of the herd- no matter where the herd is headed. I guess that's instinct and I don't begrudge any man for responding to his instincts in that manner. Freedom's not for everyone and I can appreciate this. I kind of like Patrick Henry myself though- he summed it up best.