[88067] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Stupidity: A Real Cyberthreat.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Smith)
Thu Jan 19 15:35:10 2006
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:00:09 +1030
From: Mark Smith <random@72616e646f6d20323030342d30342d31360a.nosense.org>
To: A Satisfied Mind <anti.confidentiality.notices@gmail.com>
Cc: jerry@jerry.org, nanog@merit.edu, nanog-post@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9828b780601191100t1126c661o9b1e8f4a3f5417ec@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
The purpose of terrorism is to create widespread _terror_ (the
hint is in the word).
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:00:28 -0700
A Satisfied Mind <anti.confidentiality.notices@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/19/06, Jerry Pasker <jerry@jerry.org> wrote:
>
> You are oversimplifying things here.... Why was the World Trade Center
> chosen (twice) to attack.... it is an economic target. All wars are
> economic, including drug wars and terror wars... what was the COST of
> 9/11???
>
> A hell of a lot: http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/aug02/homeland.asp
>
Was the terror caused by 9/11 because of the economic impact, or because
3000 innocent people died in such a terrible and unexpected manner ? If
the goal was "lets get those Amercians and the grand financial
institutions", Fort Knox might have been a better target for the
terrorists.
I strongly recommend reading the book I quote below, which deals exactly
with this topic.
--
"Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly
alert."
- Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
