> Duncan Frissell[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > So far the massive crackdown by the Feds that has stripped me of my civil > liberties hasn't managed to do much. They have to work a bit harder. > > I'm back to not showing ID to get into work just like before the war. > > The states where I choose not to obtain a drivers license have upped > their ID requirements for initial license applications but I already have > one and don't patronize them in any case. They still let foreigners drive > with foreign licenses so I will become a foreigner if they get too > uppity. > > Flight delays only slightly worse than usual (particularly since I mostly > fly internationally and have always shown my passport). Domestic flight > ID fascism is 6 years old this August so no change there. > > As far as we know, only a little more than 1000 detained out of a pop of > 270 megs. I was expecting that we would at least make WWII levels -- > 200,000+ out of a population of 132 megs. I guess there could be a few > more internees but they'd be tough to hide. Too many others would note > their absence. > > I thinks the Feds are just to wimpy to indulge in actual oppression these > days. At least on a wholesale basis. > > Maybe I'm wrong but I need more evidence first. > > -- > Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 7/20/2002 9:06:27 PM > > Powered by Blogger Pro > Well, the other possible interpretation is that the Feds are not black-at-heart, Big Brother, neo Stalinist fascist JBTs pouncing on any opportunity to make confetti of the Bill of Rights; but rather are actually trying to respond to 9/11 with a minimal impact on US Citizens.
...but of course, that would be an unpopular interpretation on this mailing list. -------- The truth probably lies somewhere in between. Peter Trei