Grace: Arguments that we should reduce our civil liberties because if we don't the terrorists are going to kill us have resulted in the PATRIOT Act, the abandonment of the Geneva Convention, domestic wiretapping and the loss of any redeeming qualities in the eyes of the international community.

There is always an imminent threat. If I drive down the street in my car, it's quite possible that the guy in the other lane is psychotic and about to ram his car into mine. Does that mean I should kill him first? Wait, before you answer, he a darkie and may even be Muslim!