Undeclared martial law... and we applauded (plus.google.com)

The only thing wrong with this aquarium is that it's metal instead of glass.

So I can't see out.

No big deal, really. I can still swim around.

It does seem to be a little hot though. I mean really, really uncomfortably hot.

Hey, wait...

Yeah, it was very creepy how the mainstream media never questioned the ramifications of an entire city being under newspeak "lockdown".

I'm sure there are lots of authoritarian types in government who are very pleased with how docile the sheeple were during the manhunt for the Boston bomber.

Devil's advocate here... what if this was all consensual? They asked people to stay in their homes and businesses to stay closed, asked to search your property, etc. I don't recall seeing Watertown citizens on their knees with zip ties around their wrists. Maybe most people just cooperated and wanted to help.

Counterpoint, from an information security researcher who actually lived through the lockdown:

> I know we in infosec are paid to be paranoid but thinking that this was a "dry run” for some sort of coup is a little over the top even for us.

http://abad1dea.tumblr.com/post/48488539386/thoughts-on-the-...

Oh please, this woman clearly doesnt live here. The media played it up. Officials simply asked us and businesses to stay home and stay closed. We, the citizens of Boston, complied because we felt that it would be the best for the greater good. No tanks were at my door telling me to stay inside. No one was arrested for walking down the block.

Take off the tinfoil hat once and a while...