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Originally Posted by moilami
Thanks good posting.
I want to comment it because the quoted paragraph made me laugh. Urgh, now this goes political, but for the sake of lol's I say it anyway.
Some years ago I made a decision I wont travel to USA because I read so many strange things happening in there in the name of "homeland security" or whatever. I would still consider twice before I would travel to USA. It would certainly have to be something extremely special and important for me to do it. USA is very scary country novadays because of its government.
I think I will have to launch a wing of Luftwaffe fighters and shoot down some USA bombers to feel more secure  Sounds good! Attention, make my Focke-Wulf ready! Scary stuff in the horizon, looks like American bombers |
OK, I'm not quite sure what you were trying to say there, but I will say this: things absolutely have changed here since 9/11. Having 3000 people murdered in the space of a couple hours by religious zealots is bound to have an effect. Of course, making people's lives more difficult is part of what the attackers were after too.
But things have not changed much, if at all, in every day life.
The "security" thing is an ongoing internal debate here. Some of the measures intrude on some basic freedoms we are guaranteed by our constitution. EVERYONE is being inconvenienced in the name of security, but it's not like the american way of life has changed.
As an example, one of the largest debates going on today revolves around security scanning at airports. If you set off the buzzer, or get pulled randomly, you have a choice between having an X-Ray scanner take a naked picture of you, or you can choose to go through a thorough "pat down" search, that includes your privates (thank you Mr. UnderWear Bomber).
That is the price we pay because we do not believe in discrimination (called profiling). The 90 year old grandmother from Boston is treated the same way as the 22 year old young man from Yeman. Does it make sense? That is the debate. Neither of the two people I mentioned are likely to be terrorists, but then I'm sure we would agree that one is more likely to be a terrorist than the other.
So we are being inconvenienced because of the terrorists....how does that make things more scary now? I think you are falling victim to some propaganda. Things have not changed all that much, especially for visitors.
I'm just curious: what "scary" things are you being told?
Splitter
(I have a more on topic post that I will separate out to another post)