said by La Luna:Well, what are we to do, nothing? Then when something happens, it will be "WHY DIDN'T THEY DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT!!!" being screamed from the rooftops. That happened after 9/11, even though there was no credible evidence that something was imminent.
I don't know, I think the gov't is caught between a rock and a hard place on this.
I think there is a significant difference between doing "something" and doing "anything" to stop it. We have gone down the path of the latter, in large part, into what I've been calling the "fascism of absolute security", where we've collectively given up vast amounts of personal freedom and privacy in return for an undeliverable sense of 100% safety, as provided by our government. Drones, cameras everywhere, mass, warrantless wiretapping (both voice and data), searches without cause, etc. I think it's gone too far.