A U.S. View: Returning to fear

[metis]

A U.S. view: Returning to fear

You would never know anything was amiss in downtown Toronto.
Everywhere there are bustling crowds of people going to work, shopping at the various malls and boutiques and streaming into the subway.
In my experience in the Big Smoke last week, you wouldn't have seen any indication that Canadians were paying heed to Public Security Minister Anne McLellan or Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness Executive Director Adrian Gordon's urgings toward thinking the unthinkable — when the current terrorist campaign hits Canada — and what the response should be.
I saw no increase in security anywhere in the downtown area, or on the subway. In fact, it seems the most secure place in the GTA may be the CN Tower with its bomb sniffing devices that goose the unsuspecting with puffs of air up our backsides.
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My wish for my friends in Canada is that you ever remain untouched by the scourges of our modern terror war as well as mindful of the price one pays when sacrificing essential liberty for phantom security.
http://www.rabble.ca/columnists_full.shtml?x=40576

[moodforaday]

1. How to get paranoid fast

Check this out:
http://www.cloakanddagger.de/home_copy(12).htm

Sure, cloakanddagger.de is a "conspiracy" site. Perhaps someone with a copy of July 10 Toronto Star can debunk this?