OT: A question about the Human Ability to Cope

[Emperor's Child]

Starhawk said:
(note) ...but we have definately brought in a lot of new laws that never would have been considered pre-9/11 ...

Have you ever traveled abroad? There are a lot of not so nice places around, and these types of rules are more common around the world than our relatively permissive ones.

I believe that the country has been remarkably tame in their response. Think about the very draconian rules and regulations imposed on the states during the WWII timeframe. Granted, this is not a world-encompassing war, but the terrorists are a credible threat as evidenced by two attacks in the US (Trade center I and II, and several foiled additional attacks).