| | YOU ARE GOING TO DIE - FILM AT 11
Here's the thing - if someone wants to attack a bus, plane, car, cruise
ship or whatever, they will find a way in spite of all the fears you
harbor from watching the insanity unfold on the evening news. It
seems like every day brings a new way to die; this evening the news
reported on a crazy man looking to blow up an Israeli cruise
ship. This, of course, raised the issue of whether it could
happen here in Los Angeles.
The news was quick to point out that there are literally thousands of
small, privately-owned vessels that could be loaded with explosives and
rammed into a cruise ship, much like what happened to the USS Cole in
Kuwait. Is this really a revelation? Does no one watch Schwarzenegger films? These may as well be training manuals for terrorists.
When will these films be outlawed? Soon, probably, if the Bush
administration has its way. The Patriot Act is a good gauge of
how far W is willing to go in his "war on terror".
As any sane person will recognize, and I know I've said this before,
but it bears repeating: you cannot fight irrationality. As Spock
would say, it is illogical. Fighting an entity free of rational
behavior makes it impossible to negotiate, which is an integral part of
war, which is irrational in and of itself. Also, do you really
think that someone willing to fly themselves into a building is open to
discussion?
Think about it - W certainly hasn't.
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| | Posted 8/11/2005 11:18 PM - 3 views - 1 comments
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