Claudia Engel wrote:

Just my $0.02: pretty much anything can be construed as terrorism.
Photographers have been harassed regularly for photographing near
certain sites, including trains (a popular hobby, it appears). In
general, for those of you who are also unfortunate enough to live here,
this is the United States, and the number one rule for survival in the
US is to assume *everything* is illegal unless proven otherwise.

The US is run by a bunch of paranoid fruitcakes bent on world domination,
and John Ashcroft & Co. see terrorists in every shadow. In fact, it
seems they're more interested in keeping dissenters silent. Everyone
who has a contrary opinion and everyone who has the nerve to engage in
an activity which is out of the ordinary is immediately assumed to be
a "terrorist".

Anyway, I could go on for days. Like I said, just assume everything is
illegal - it probably is. And after you get harassed, you'll have to
prove your innocence. Welcome to America.

Sounds to me like one of the most important means to really be free is
slowly taken out of the hands of the people: the right to control your
government.

I sure hope that the U.S. voters use their right to vote away Bush and
his cronies before the current administration manages to take even more
freedom away from the people. :-(

As for leaving the U.S. when you strongly disagree with the government,
that gives the administration exactly what they want: people who think
for themselves and who oppose them leave, the mindless masses stay.
Please try to turn the tides during the elections before really giving
up... (Yes I know, the last elections weren't something to instill
confidence in the election process.)

Good luck over there!

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