Regardless, all I see on FR anymore is a Godlike worship of the Police and arrogant statement's about how you aren't a patriot if you don't believe "the world changed" on 9/11.
That's the BS, right there. This fallacy that FEDGOV can provide perfect security if we just continue to surrender liberties to them.
It's F'ing ridiculous and it's not going to work. Look at Israel for crying out loud. Are they safe?
Well you can't say you've seen that from me, for one, and I can't agree that the number of FReepers who think the police can do no wrong has grown more than a small amount. The JBT types have been with us all along. This story just doesn't work as a "my god, it's a police state" story. I'm also not one to think that "everything's changed since 9/11". Horse puckey to that! The world has always been unstable and dangerous. However this story begs the question, if three ME types are seen photographing a resevoir or a nuclear power plant and a policeman stops them and asks them what they are doing do they have the right to say "Nunya bidness. See ya!"?