[IP] more on A very interesting question on news from the UK

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: peter@netpedant.com
Date: August 10, 2006 9:52:48 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [IP] A very interesting question on news from the UK


Hiawatha Bray has (I think) gripped the wrong end of the
stick.  For terrorists to be successful, they need to
inspire terror -- not necessarily accomplish destructive
acts.

If I consider how many billions of dollars, euros, pounds,
etc., have been expended in the name of security and the
lives disrupted, holidays spoiled, profits lost, etc., I
am forced to consider that terrorism is extremely effective.

FDR was right in his first Inaugural Address: "We have nothing
to fear but fear itself."  Contemporary terrorists profit
from instilling that fear.

Peter H. Salus
Toronto, Ontario


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