Yes -- I was watching the attack with co-workers and the first thing I said was "there goes the rest of our freedoms." We knew it would take something horrendous to achieve this reaction. I think I'm going into a deep depression.
Carolyn
C'mon, will ya? The World Trade Center is in flames, people are throwing themselves out of buildings, reports are coming in about an attack at the Pentagon, and the FIRST thing you said to yourself was "there goes the rest of our freedoms"?
Like we say here in New Jersey (where we watched the towers burn from across the river), "if you're gonna talk s**t, make it believable".
I don't know where you live, but New York City is a real place to us. We visit there and work there, it's not just images on your tv from your office. The reality has been driven home in a way people from other parts of the country cannot possibly imagine.
And one other thing, we are in a state of war. If it takes longer to board a commercial flight, or I see some armed guards around, I'm not going to think I'm living in a police state. I wasn't around during WWII, but am I incorrect in saying that some of the basics of life were being rationed? Didn't we put Japanese in interrment camps? Weren't there curfews in some areas? None of those things are still in place, are they?
Get a grip, man.