[quote=spdrun]Never got why 9/11 pushed Americans to accept violations of civil liberties.
A few thousand people died. So what? More than 10x that number of people die of car crashes and gun violence every year in the US, and people scream bloody murded whenever their rights to drive or own guns might be infringed.
Talk about hypocrisy.[/quote]
Because a lot, and I mean a lot, of Americans are dumb, easily spooked, herd animals.
