Shouldn't that be "Go back to sleep, folks"?
I don't think I'm all that short on common sense, and I'd worry more about being killed in a car accident (as over 40,000 people are, every year, in the USA). 'Security' is a balancing act: total subservience to the security apparatus of the state is incompatible with anything resembling a free society.
Cheers,
R.
Having driven in France, and even walked across the streets, you are definitely more likely to get it that way, however, I did see someone planting a wrapped 6x8" box under a statue outside of Notre Dame in Paris, got someone to check, (learning the French word for Bomb was Bomb), and as we approached they removed it -- making a hasty retreat.
She was also wearing a long winter coat, in about 85 degree weather in July, and there were six Cardinals at a service at the time. No police outside, I had to get the souvenir selling lady inside to come out.
There was a threat made that afternoon at Printemps, and you do recall all those trash bins on the Metro that were sealed?
Europe has dealt with this much longer than we have, this was 25 years ago.
Sometimes I think things are attempted regarding the US just to get an over reaction? Now I am older and have a knee concern, I really resent having to remove my shoes-- they pulled them off once when I had my leg in a brace, and as they could not check the leg in the brace, they checked the other one. Someone else had to put my shoe back on as my leg was not bending-- most countries have concluded the shoe thing is a total waste of time.
We try to worry about everything, it is what we do, still I do not walk under ladders.
Regards, John
