Military Lock-Down of Boston -Hello Police State

Abandoned Harvard Square in Boston

Americans are apparently very happy to trade every civil liberty they have for "security."  If the events of the last few years tell us anything, it's that Americans are, on average, so overwhelmingly lazy and scared that they will do anything to feel safe.

In watching the Boston bombing fiasco I saw the city of Boston on lock down with tanks in the street, under a curfew in search of 2 people. The city of Boston has over half a million people. The police and powers that be locked down the city and several municipalities in a never-before seen display of military like control over a major American city.

You hear the sheeple say that it's worth it to get justice. You will hear people defend this move saying we must do whatever it takes to find terrorists. And at the same time you'll hear people claim that America won't let terrorist change the way we live, our lifestyles, who we are as Americans.

Guess what.... they haven't, but our own Government has.

What's to brag about?
Nothing -but this illustrates a larger problem.

It is unprecedented and completely unnecessary to lock down a city for a 2-person manhunt. The fact that people said nothing is proof that the American "way of life" has been indelibly altered already. Let's look at some other situations where people were on the run and no military state was impossible in the process of looking for them or evidence.

The Texas 7 Prison Escape of  2001-2001

7 very dangerous criminals escaped from a high security prison in Texas. Eventually they were apprehended, a few committed suicide or were killed in a standoff. Yet their escape didn't warrant a shut down of the surrounding cities, not the area in Colorado where several were eventually found.

2001 Anthrax Attacks

In 2001, on the heels of 9/11, members of the media and two Democratic Senators received mail that contained anthrax. 5 people were killed, 17 were infected and chaos was created.  Additional letters with Islamic phrases were sent to Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy.  Washington D.C. was not shut down and the machine of government didn't skip a beat.

2002 Beltway Sniper Attacks

Otherwise known as the DC snipers, random shootings were taking place along the Beltway in Washington, D.C.. 11 people were killed and 6 more were wounded. These people were doing normal daily stuff like getting gas and leading their lives. The killings were random and people were horrified. Still, there was no lock down enforced.

1995 Oklahoma City Bombing

On April 19, 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was hit by a bomb left in a Ryder parked near it. 168 people were killed, including 19 children in a day care. Ultimately Timothy McVeigh was arrested for the bombing, but the city was never under any type of police or military style lockdown.

I'll also state that after 9/11 New York was not on a lock down and people roamed around taking video and volunteering to help clean up the wreckage.

Now, you can clearly see some great examples of crimes, major crimes, which did NOT result in any type of martial law. So why is it acceptable to live like this now? Why do people cow down and allow things like this to happen. Why are people congratulating the police force and officials for rolling tanks down the street, telling people to stay home and enforcing a curfew.

I'll tell you why.... because they're all asleep. Afraid and asleep. People have the attention span of flies, they can remember who this season's judge is for American Idol but they can't look back at even one of these events I've detailed and ask why this is happening now.

Hello police state, apparently you didn't even face a fight.