[bradleykins]

Whilst there may very well be a real threat to democracy by using these powers, they are quite right to do so, this is a perfect example of how and when martial power has been implemented in a way that is both preventative and policing.

This is to say, it has been used to find terrorist, which none can say do not exist, after the atrocities that have been caused by such terror groups. The government is well within its right to make sure, that the safety of the travelers, in airport, the police officers, and the protesters themselves. They do this by making sure that no hidden weapons, be them conventional weapons, such as an axe, or chainsaw - very conventional, is hidden in the crowd and additionally unconventional such as a bomb.

The searches are an extreme part of our lives now, but they are a necessary evil in these circumstances, better a few people gathering and being searched than a few people gathering and bloodshed.

On the other hand the power is being used in a most inappropriate way, but for the greater good, and as we all know the greater good is just that.

Needless to say that it is the terrorists themselves that have caused the death, if at all, of democracy, not the government.