Leningrad 1975, your name is Petrovich and you have a grudge against your neighbor Michaelovich. At the factory where you both work you mention to a staff political officer that Michaelovich has been seen taking photos of a nearby hydroelectric dam. The next morning your neighbor is taken into custody by the KGB. Grudge settled. That could happen in the U.S. if "reporting suspected terrorism" is not balanced with honesty and good judgment. The honesty is kept in place by having legal recourse to face your accuser (per the Bill of Rights) and to take recompense from false accusation. If Sen. Kennedy's 'hate speech' bill is passed into law and your pastor preaches a sermon a little too close to home, you call the FBI and report that he has been preaching against homosexuality and abortion. The next Sunday you have an interim pastor, as yours is in custody for 'questioning'. Or, what about the guy with the pesky dog? Didn't you see an NRA sticker on his truck? "Hello, FBI? I think this guy said something about shooting someone in government."
And this is how it goes. The snitch society is where you did not know if you could trust your neighbor, or not. An age old tool for controlling populations, used to perfection by the communists of East Germany, is what the Bush administration brings to us. And don't think the leftist democrats won't use it as, or more, ruthlessly than the republicans. We citizens are trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea. Only this is not Dunkirk and there is no where to go for safety or freedom.
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