Some of the commentators on the original article also pointed this out. We've been facing domestic and foreign terrorism for a very long time. We found our soc

Some of the commentators on the original article also pointed this out. We've been facing domestic and foreign terrorism for a very long time. We found our societal balance for freedom and security some time ago. If anything the Internet and commercial surveillance for marketing purposes are the things that have disturbed the balance rather than the previously accepted concept that we are surveilled by the state in every public and private forum. Written down it sounds terrible but it works in practice.