Believe me Peter, there are plenty of Amricans who are well aware of just
what you are talking about. I want to sail foreign for the lightness of
feeling away from the opressive facisim that is creeping into every aspect
of life in a country that I truely love. My first though when reading the
original post was, "Oh, my God, the Aussies are acting just just like
American officials!"

At some point, sailing to foreign ports probably won't be an option for me
because the government computer robots will hit some key words in my emails
and newsgroup posts and I'll be put on a no-fly no-departure list "just in
case".

"It's our freedons the terrorists hate."

Yeah, right.