A nation racked with fear.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Security measures always looked overdone until something happens and everyone says "why weren't we more prepared to stop this?". That's the catch - we have to protect everything we consider historical or important. Terrorists only have to hit one thing to make an impact.

However the point is, none of these "precautions" are going to stop a damn thing. Really now, can you see this exchange in front of the Liberty bell?
"Excuse me sir, I need to search that backpack", says security. "Of course", say's visitor. "I'm sorry sir, but you can't visit the Liberty bell with a backpack full of C4 Explosives". "Damn, foild again", says visitor. Of course not.

It's like the no parking rule in front of airport drop off spots. It makes perfect sense from a traffic management standpoint but from a anti-terrorist point of view? Come on. A car bomber is not going to worry about getting a ticket and the damage will be done long before a tow-truck can remove the car. So why vale everything in this cloud of security? Call it what it is. A traffic patrol.

We live in an open society and if the price of that has become that we might need to rebuild the statue of liberty, or glue the liberty bell back together then so be it. It's worlds better than generations of Americans growing up not able to see the view from Ms. Liberties crown or pay a visit to the liberty bell.

The next time "something happens" on US soil, all it's going to show is that some of the billions we spent on homeland security were a waist of time and money.