Per Don Y:
And you see politicians *exploiting* that fear -- even MANUFACTURING it
when it may not truly exist! Again, makes you wonder what they think of their
constituents...

"Oooo! Terrorism! Here, take my liberties -- just keep me SAFE, Mr Stalin!!"

I saw a pretty good quote from Louis Brandeis the other day:

"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty
when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are
naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded
rulers." ....but.... "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in
insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without
understanding."
--
Pete Cresswell