http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/08/11/you-cant-have-terrorism-without-terror/ The ratio of people to cake is too big. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/08/11/you-cant-have-terrorism-without-terror/#comment-331 the imbroglio » Blog Archive » The biggest thing we have to fear is still fear itself Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:22:26 +0000 http://www.theimbroglio.com/2006/08/11/you-cant-have-terrorism-without-terror/#comment-331 [...] After the last “big scare” that got the western world all riled up about terrorism, Ze Frank pointed out that you can’t have terrorism w/out terror. Last week, network security pro Bruce Schneier said the same thing: Imagine for a moment what would have happened if they had blown up 10 planes. There would be canceled flights, chaos at airports, bans on carry-on luggage, world leaders talking tough new security measures, political posturing and all sorts of false alarms as jittery people panicked. To a lesser degree, that’s basically what’s happening right now. [...] [...] After the last “big scare” that got the western world all riled up about terrorism, Ze Frank pointed out that you can’t have terrorism w/out terror. Last week, network security pro Bruce Schneier said the same thing: Imagine for a moment what would have happened if they had blown up 10 planes. There would be canceled flights, chaos at airports, bans on carry-on luggage, world leaders talking tough new security measures, political posturing and all sorts of false alarms as jittery people panicked. To a lesser degree, that’s basically what’s happening right now. [...]

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