prepared to lose more of whatever liberties we have left.

[hfojvt]

23. you may not have seen the question that I asked

What freedoms have I-I-I-I-I lost lately?

And yes, I do tend to believe that

If it does not impact me, then I have not lost anything. Remember the OP? It said - get ready to lose the little freedom YOU have left. Presumably that means ME and not some imaginary guy down the street.

It's not like I have ZERO concern about the problems of others, my concern sorta moves out in concentric circles, along with a certain logic - that if X happened to somebody else doing something that I might do, then it could also happen to me.

And actually the secret government agent in my mosque is not any sort of loss of freedom at all.

And if I am completely innocent, then why exactly do I need to have a privileged conversation with my attorney? Because the government is charging me with murder and my alibi is that I was on the other side of town making a drug deal at the time of the murder?

And if I was, accidentally, let's say, providing material support to terrorism, then why wouldn't I want to know it? And to cease and desist at the very least?