coalition close to crisis

[suzume at mx82.tiki.ne.jp]

>> You go to Pennsylvania Station and see guards with machine guns, and 
>> it's a little unnerving," says Howard Ginsberg, who was taking a 
>> break from his job in Lower Manhattan to gaze over Ground Zero. "But 
>> you are better off with them than without them. I don't think they 
>> can do much more to protect us without infringeing on our rights."

there have been guards with machine guns in paris for more than 10 
years. the "vigipirate" plan that started with the terrorist wave of 
the 80's never actually stopped. and it _is_ a little unnerving.

jc helary