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Originally posted by agraham999
If it turns out that the Anthrax is terrorism...and let's face it it is...
If this were actual terrorism, why have only a few media outlets been affected so far? why hasn't every person in america with a valid postal address received a letter containing white powder? It seems more like a vendetta against the modern news media. I mean, the first incident was at the publisher of the National Enquirer. It's only been newspapers so far (the Sony thing appears to have been nothing).
It likely safe to say someone's doing this intentionally but I really doubt it has anything to do with real terrorism.
1. They take down the airline industry...they essentially shut the whole thing down and almost caused its collapse...not to mention the delays it created...and at the same time tank the economy.
The economy will recover. The only airlines that had real problems were the ones that were already having financial difficulties. And we're still flying.
2. Shut down the mail system by a) sending anthrax through it and therefore forcing the USPS and others to shut down while they examine EVERYTHING and b) making all of us afraid to open our mail.
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor dark of night shall stay the courrier from his appointed rounds." --_Herodotus
I don't think any postal worker worth their salt will keep the mail from coming. They can't examine everything as you say; if the postal service opens anyone's mail it's a violation of the trust we as the public have with them.
What would you think would be next? Food? Water? If they wanted to create havoc and fear...they have done an excellent job.
I have more fear that our government has done the wrong thing to deal with this situation than I do about someone poisoning my water (which I filter anyway, and have for years) or food (which I do have a relatively full supply of, which is only because I actually had money to stock up with for once and did so because I hate going to the grocery store all the f'in time).
If it's a large group doing this, there are easier ways to expose a large number to the disease. That the letters come from different postmarks doesn't mean it's a network either -- the Unabomber's packages were from different addresses too, all it takes is a bus ticket to have different postmarks. anyway, the earlier letters are postmarked NJ and the later ones St. Petersburg -- it's not like they're coming from all over. I think the sender is one or possibly two people and just relocated.
Originally posted by Rob
People (and the media) are blowing this out of proportion.
as usual ... anyone notice how, since the attacks, we've not heard anything about Sen. Condit and that missing girl?
There's a case of proportion blowing ...
Whenever there is a NEW threat, people will get scared and pay a lot of attention to it, and may even be whipped up into panic, but eventually they will get on with their lives. <snip>
there's only been one death reportedly due to anthrax, and yet people are treating this like it's the end of the world.
yep. While I'm concenred, there's little I can do at the moment, not being involved in the investigation team, and I have more pressing personal concerns like how to get out of this jury selection notice (why they coudln't have summoned me while I was still unemployed, I don't know, but if I have to miss work now I have a number of creditors who aren't going to care that my local government wanted me to decide someone's innocence).
Originally posted by agraham999
How long was the unibomber out there?
Theodore Kaczynski was out there for 17 years, but he was probably "out there" for much longer.
Terrorist may have been cultivating all sorts of stuff in this country for years.
as do most people who suddenly come to prominence. Jim Carrey didn't happen overnight ya know.
Sorry, but I think paranoia is the one thing that may actually help us in this time.
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I'm staying home for awhile.
considering how you reacted (with caution and concern) immediately after the attacks, I think you're now overreacting byu drifting into paranoia. People die everyday, of natural causes, of violence, of disease, or congenital causes ... you live, you die. You live in fear and you may as well already be dead.
"The samurai knows when he is in danger, and when he is not."
Originally posted by foo fighter
The only recourse now is to KILL those responsible, on both a personal and national level, lest we encourage more "copycat" attacks.
so, who's responsible? are we currently killing those responsible? how'd an Afghan goat framer get ahold of anthrax and mail it from St. Petersburg Fla.?
Not that I know if Afghans have goats or whatever. I know very little about that country ... and it's that sort of lack of intercultural knowledge that creates this kinds of animosity.
And that statement may not even apply in this situation. This may just be like the Serb/Croat conflict in the Balkans, which has been running hot-and-cold for about 200 years -- they simply hate each other because of what they are.
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