>FDR didn't say "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" for no reason. Our governments have done a bang-up job of instilling fear in all of us and of exploiting that fear to do little to improve our lives but look like they are doing important work.
>When we let fear decide who can take a flight and who cannot we have gone way way too far.
Funny you should mention FDR's line. I read this article last weekend:
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1106/feature2.htmlReally interesting take on this whole subject.
Tamar