I did NOT say "love it or leave it". What I DID say was that, if SECURITY is you NUMBER ONE, before-anything-else goal, then you have to go where you'll get that. But, to be fair, I probably should have included Japan in that statement since they have VERY little crime and are CERTAINLY more 'free' than North Korea. I apologize for the tone of my previous statement because it kinda 'gets' me when someone says the government should be allowed to do anything so long as they keep the citizen safe. It's a complete abrogation of responsibility and common sense, IMO.

So now we get into a discussion of just what "security" means. What does it mean to you? What is the guarantee that you want? That you'll never be bombed on an airplane or in an airport? That you'll never be assaulted? That no harm will ever come to you? (Yes, that last one is silly, I'm just trying to make a point by going to one end of the scale)