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Originally Posted by link
I read someplace that after 9-11 that most or all major city governments devised a means of locking down cities, but this is the first I’ve heard of it being done. This practice is offensive in the extreme and is an outrageous over-reach.
With this kind of thing finding its roots in law, the next step is requiring suitable paperwork to travel. Of course that step will be done by transponder rather than manned checkpoint.
I have no doubt the country will look more like the USSR than the USA within a couple of decades. All that’s needed are a few more cameras and of course LEOs to monitor them.
Many thought the Patriot Act was the end of the Bill of Rights. Clearly it was and is only the beginning of the end.
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Unfortunately, this is all true IMHO. I have to admit that in the VERY beginning of the Patriot Act, I thought that circumstances warranted it to some degree. It didn't take me long to figure out the downside of it and change my opinion.
Every American should be OUTRAGED at the Martial Law that took effect in Boston. The Boston Strangler in the early sixties was probably a bigger danger to the public after the bombings and they didn't invoke Martial Law at that time.
If they had only shut down the immediate area of Watertown that was in danger, it would have been different, but shutting down an entire area of 4 million people? Unconscionable.