I have no idea what you mean. I'm not being a smart alec, I truly
>don't know what you mean.
I mean that when we talk about 'terrorism' you can't include soldiers deaths, you could include the passengers on the 'planes and perhaps the ones on the ground, but certainly not the soldiers.
As an aside, do you know the figures of dead in Iraq ? I thought they kept that under wraps or something. When our soldiers die in Afghanistan we know that day and their names are read out the next day when all their relatives know. Then the cameras are there when the bodies are repatriated, both in Afghanistan and here in Canada. On the drive from the base to the morgue the highway has people most of the way along a very long drive no matter how cold or how hot to show support for the families accompanying them, it is very moving.
>>Well the population in Canada is the same as California (I think) but
>>we have these three thousand 'planes flying around and if they wanted
>>to do security like that, nothing would get out to schedule. Israel
>>only has 'planes that fly out and in, the USA and Canada have masses
>>of internal flights daily, as well as International.
>
>Okay, so Canada has what, 37 million people? How many airports?
I haven't a clue, many, every reasonably large place has one. Some international, some only internal.
>I am not aware of any of my rights being taken away from me. What the
>administration did with illegal phone taps and such, is this what you
>are talking about? No Constitutional law has changed, but laws have
>been passed. Which rights have been taken away? Maybe because I'm
>not out there in the work force I am not aware of something, honestly.
>The only thing which has changed is that I have to take my shoes off,
>computer out of the bag and get wanded when I fly because of my knee.
>Other than that, and the price of gas, which is back to normal, what >has changed? >
>>"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
>>temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>>Benjamin Franklin
>
>I agree, but I fail to see what we've given up, other than, as I said
>the illegal acts prevailed by our administration in the "name" of
>keeping us safe. We have no national id cards and the borders are
>still unsecured as they were before.
>Victoria
I was just telling you, I need a passport now if I come to the USA ! People who live on the border with Maine have enormous problems, there is one area where the two sets of houses are so intertwined that to go to the bottom of one garden you need to cross the border, people never thought about it until now but now the Canadians are being told they can't do it ! I heard about one woman (who has bad knees) who will have to walk home because she will not be able to drive home because of the intertwined land ! These people who used to wander back and forth will have to get passports, despite the fact they never intend to travel anywhere except to the store/work and back.