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Never having seen the statue of liberty in real life it seemed bigger than that.

I agree with you about changing our lives because we are afraid of the terrorists.

I see our rights and freedoms being stripped from us little by little. I remember when I could drive down the freeway as fast as I wanted to (reasonable and prudent). I remember when it wasn't against the law not to wear seat belts. I remember when my friends could smoke in a bar and shoot pool. I remember when I could tell Pollock jokes and not be accused of being a racist. I can remember when I had never heard of hate speech (I had been taught to be polite though). I remember a time that it would have been OK to call the evil Muslims what they are and not have to use weasel words like Muslim fanatics. I can remember a time I could take a gun on an airliner. I can remember a time they didn't want to strip search my wife when we boarded an airliner. I don't fly commercially anymore. I can remember a time I didn't have to have a passport to travel. I can remember a time I was free to fly. I am not all that old :(