Re: America the Police State
 

Well, the T hunt is slightly improved over the pervious C and W hunts. A few actual T's at least caused serious, local trouble before the hunt started. Not that it's much of an improvement, for practical purposes.

Re: America the Police State
 

Heh, america is only describable as the land of ehm, well, overreacting...

versus anything.

it's like a woman, with moodswings and sudden outbursts of anger you dont have any idea where they came from. and irrational fears and reactions upon them.

I think the woman analogy (albeit stereotypical-woman analogy) is the best fitting I found so far.

Re: America the Police State
 

So true.
"Nipplegate" anyone? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: America the Police State
 

Not as crazy as you may have though it sounded. The "Department of Homeland Security" and the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act have also been hugely abused.

The PATRIOT Act protects us from:

# People eating curry.
http://www.alternet.org/story/15770
# Improper storage of cocoa and marshmallows
http://www.hypocrites.com/article17498.html
# Possession with intent to distribute of a counterfeit Rubik's Cube
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=206591
# Violation of a work visa (after the employer was ordered to fire him)
http://www.inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=140_0_2_0_C
# Bribing city officials to let customers touch topless dancers
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...110410819.html
# Photographing Cheney's Hotel
http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/1441
# Finding sensors on public land near area 51
http://www.prisonplanet.com/terroris...t_area_51.html

Re: America the Police State
 

I researched this and have found nothing to support it. No huge round ups of people or violations of peoples civil liberties. Nothing. So without supportive fact, I would say that of this is just consiritory fear and hog wash.

Then again, if they can keep the UFO at Area 51 secret for all of these years, and that Stargate program, then anything is possible.

Re: America the Police State
 

What do you mean America? People in general, all over the world, overreact quite frequently...

Re: America the Police State
 

I don´t remember who said it, but it is true:

"One person is intelligent and reasonable, but a group of persons is a beast controlled by basic and irrational instincts."

Re: America the Police State
 

it's more apparent in america because:

1: more people united than any other country.
2: more power to do things (read: army & economic power)

Re: America the Police State
 

This is an interesting topic that appeared on this forum. The past few weeks I have been reading articles about Someone who went by the name John Titor. http://www.johntitor.com/
I found the story thought provoking and strange. Many small points made it seem real or one of the greatest Hoax's of our time.
Essentially John Titor indicates that a civil war starts in america about now and you can recognize the enemy because they arrest people and you never hear from them again. Just strange that this topic shows up at the same time that I am wondering about this John Titor fellow.
I think we now have a pretty big chance of federal abuse of power right now than at any time in our history. The first Civil war in america was at the start fought because of states rights. The idea that the power of the federal government over the power of the states was supreme. At any rate read the John Titor story and tell me what you think.

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I had a link to a site where a professor blows all of Titor's "science" out of the water. Wish I could find it, but the bottom line is people will believe what they want to believe.