Right, Hazel. Of all the dreaded thoughts that came to my mind as I contemplated today's events -- the thought that there will probably be other similar events, the thought that there will likely be a biological- or chemical-warfare attack on the US in the next few years, etc. -- by far the most frightening is the thought that some folks will use these events to rationalize further erosion of our civil liberties. I fear terrorists, but I fear losing our rights to free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, etc., far more. Losing our rights to privacy and freedom of movement, etc., makes us vulnerable to a totalitarian takeover of our political system. I fear that a lot more than I do the terrorists' actions in and of themselves.

Genie