Who's Winning the WOT? Think again

The hysteria and hype surrounding terrorism is creating a bigger prejudice on American society than terrorism itself, as witnessed by these articles from today's news:

Sun Sentinel

"Miami · An off-the-cuff comment about bombs to airport security screeners landed a 21-year old British traveler in jail.

Miami-Dade Police say Samantha Marson placed her carry-on bag on the belt at a security check at Miami International Airport on Saturday evening and told a federal Transportation Security Administration screener, 'Hey be careful, I have three bombs in here.'"

NYTimes

"WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., Jan. 20 - A concourse at Bradley International Airport was evacuated Tuesday for more than an hour after a utility knife that had been slipped through a security checkpoint was found in a bathroom trash can

Add to this the increased "security" for US visitors and you've got a regular recipe for mass hysteria. Orwell's 1984 detailled these tactics as means of keeping a public cowering in fear, something that also kept them from questioning "our great leader". I believe that the state of the US has already passed Orwell's description. Add to this the "big hate" with France in the lead and voila!