Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
...I think it's the best we can do as a nation if we want to retain civil liberties.
Oh, really? We've already surrendered enough of our civil liberties to render our nation unrecognizable not just to the founding fathers, but to our own grandfathers! At the airport, at least, we've given up so much of our human dignity that there's hardly anything left to retain -- short of our own underwear, maybe.