[56859] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NJ: Red alert? Stay home, await word
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.A. Terranson)
Wed Mar 19 20:41:10 2003
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:40:31 -0600 (CST)
From: "J.A. Terranson" <measl@mfn.org>
To: Jeff Wasilko <jeffw@smoe.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030319230122.GB3118@jane.smoe.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jeff Wasilko wrote:
> http://www.southjerseynews.com/issues/march/m031603e.htm
>
> If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in
> the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by
> authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside
> your home, the state's anti-terror czar says.
>
> ...
"You literally are staying home, is what happens, unless you are required to
be out. No different than if you had a state of emergency with a
snowstorm."
Except that in a snow storm, I can go out if I want to, and not face criminal
liability. Are they planning to at least go through the farce of declaring
martial law first?
--
Yours,
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin@mfn.org
