(Ref: Rog's comments)
What is more frightening, the thought of a terrorist threat, or a "democratic" government so devoid of morals or ethics that they will hype up the perception of such a threat in order to be able soften the populus up to draconian measures such as compulsory ID cards, the removal of the right to a trial by jury, lowering the burden of proof in court cases, and the introduction of secret trials?

I know which one scares me more. The one that oppresses under the cloak of respectability and the protection of citizens. Terrorism has no such cloak, it is seen to be what it is.