Originally Posted by Bart
When you have a government that sponsors summary executions of its citizens, or one that deliberately starves segments of its population for economic value, or one that corrals ethnic groups for detention, then you have a truer perspective.
Taking off your shoes at an airport security checkpoint doesn't carry the same weight.
Yea, okay, you've said that time and time again.
You clearly haven't been reading this thread, nor do you seem to be even vaguely aware of the issues addressed in the Gilmore case.
We wish it was just taking off shoes, but it is not.
It's about secret regulations that carry the effect of law, but can change at any moment, without review or public comment.
It's about the government deciding whether citizens may travel, without right of petition.
It's about the government tracking where and when and with whom its citizens travel, even domestically.
It's about random, intrusive searches and forced checkpoints.
Because you claim heightened enlightenment, please reveal to us how much freedom we have to sacrifice before we may protest.