> I'm starting to get slightly annoyed
>by what politicians in Western "democracies" are now able
>to get away with on the grounds of "fighting terrorism".
Stephen -
You, and others who read this, should know that there are many earnest Americans and others throughout the world who are concerned about these issues. Obviously, it is difficult in the middle of the current war in Iraq to direct objective and impartial thinking to these difficult issues. But Mayor Daley in Chicago seems to have overstepped the bounds.
William