My point was that I would prefer my legislators err on the side of caution than be lazy. Someone mentioned Timothy McVeigh, add the Unibomber to that and many other American terrorists. You can't tell me similar things have NOT happened in Britian or any other democratic country. Does the visa waver crap suck? Yeah. Is it going to stop terrorists? Probably not. But does it make the average American feel a bit safer knowin that their government is doing what it can to protect its citizens? Yeah, it does. That's the whole purpose of it. Our leaders don't do things with individuals in mind. They do them with everyone (and thier own pocetbook) in mind. People in mass are stupid, scared creatures. Individuals are smart and see through the bullshit.
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Date: 2008-06-15 10:37 pm (UTC)Someone mentioned Timothy McVeigh, add the Unibomber to that and many other American terrorists. You can't tell me similar things have NOT happened in Britian or any other democratic country.
Does the visa waver crap suck? Yeah. Is it going to stop terrorists? Probably not. But does it make the average American feel a bit safer knowin that their government is doing what it can to protect its citizens? Yeah, it does. That's the whole purpose of it. Our leaders don't do things with individuals in mind. They do them with everyone (and thier own pocetbook) in mind. People in mass are stupid, scared creatures. Individuals are smart and see through the bullshit.