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That was definiatly emotion talking but you also have to understand a couple of things about what you said and why I was upset. I spent most of that time sleeping less that four hours a night, I lived in a no fly zone. The terror attack terrorized me, but I'll be damned if that means that somebody is going to terrorizing me out of what I believe in. At this point though, it isn't the "terrorists" any longer. At this point its the people that look at me as if I am guilty in thier eyes. It doesn't matter for what, since 9/11 I have been treated as though I'm less of an american for not having flags waving everywhere, that because I think that the constitution is more than an idol to which we pay homage but disregard as a relic of a time long forgotten. Those are emotions sure but they are facts as well. I could cut my hair, dress like everybody else and I'd get hassled less I'm sure but then haven't I lost something I now have? And then the question becomes how much do I have to change to not have people treat me as less than deserving of the very rights this country is supposed to stand for. Not far away from that is the question is where is the line between someone who can be viewed as dangerous? I have a degree in chemstry, I am outspoken in my views, when do they come for me? You asked me how I would feel if I had a child in one of those buildings? I would hate those resposible with all my heart. But I would still rather have that child dead than living in a world where her thoughts could put it into danger? You say that that won't happen, but if the constitution is irrelevant what is going to stop it from reaching that point? We are on a slippery slope right now that goes into a deep chasim, I for one do not want to cut my safety ropes. You say that I have been duped? I ask then whom should I believe and why? The reason that this is all still on the topic is this sets a precident that no one has ever dared to employ, even the darkest hour of our most terrible war. Habis corpus has been suspended in the past but that was a presidential order from the Civil War which is a set of circumstances that do not apply here. What if I had a child with my ex? They would have been raised Muslim, what kind of world would I have been sending them out into? If we are going to crack down on terrorists, thats one thing, there are already more than enough laws on the books that are constitutional that there must be another reason for the recent events, whether that be some conspiricy geek's wet dream or just simple laziness, it is unnecessary. Show me bin Laden's head on a stake, I won't flinch, but then say we are done, or if not at least share a plausible plan with concrete goals and a forseeable end. Maybe while we're at it we may want to question what draws youth into these roles as mass murderers. Its a social phenomenon, not a couple of random acts and those phenomenon have factors that deterimined them. Why not fight the cause instead of the symptom. Morphine may cure pain but its antibiotics that cure diseise.

[steps down off of soapbox]