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"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." Goethe On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Vadim Antonov wrote: > > > There's only thing worse than government full of idiots: government > full of scared idiots. > > --vadim > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, J.A. Terranson wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jeff Wasilko wrote: > > > > > http://www.southjerseynews.com/issues/march/m031603e.htm > > > > > > If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in > > > the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by > > > authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside > > > your home, the state's anti-terror czar says. > > > > > > ... > > > > "You literally are staying home, is what happens, unless you are required to > > be out. No different than if you had a state of emergency with a > > snowstorm." > > > > > > Except that in a snow storm, I can go out if I want to, and not face criminal > > liability. Are they planning to at least go through the farce of declaring > > martial law first? > > > > > >
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