> What amazes me about politicians is how they always assume, >the best way to deal with a problem is to make a law that forbade the practice, >and apply it to everyone except the military and law enforcement. >To hell with us common folk. What amazes me about Joe Public is how they always assume the politicians are naive when they pass such laws. I'd bet my house that there's a sub-text to any such laws: erosion of civil liberties is an all-but irreversible process. Today the subway, tomorrow the street, the park, the mall ... of any public figure ??? Restrictions on photography are just one nail in the coffin ...