[88075] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Stupidity: A Real Cyberthreat.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Smith)
Thu Jan 19 16:33:27 2006
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:59:06 +1030
From: Mark Smith <random@72616e646f6d20323030342d30342d31360a.nosense.org>
To: A Satisfied Mind <anti.confidentiality.notices@gmail.com>
Cc: jerry@jerry.org, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9828b780601191317x3d80404bra3c1e9816388d2a6@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:17:35 -0700
A Satisfied Mind <anti.confidentiality.notices@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/19/06, Mark Smith
> <random@72616e646f6d20323030342d30342d31360a.nosense.org> wrote:
> > The purpose of terrorism is to create widespread _terror_ (the
> > hint is in the word).
>
> And what is terror? Warfare
>
War is certainly terrible, although it isn't necessarily terrifying if
you aren't there :
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=82098&dict=CALD
"1 [C or U] (violent action which causes) extreme fear:
They fled from the city in terror.
There was sheer/abject terror in her eyes when he came back into the room.
Lots of people have a terror of spiders.
What he said struck terror in my heart (= made me very frightened).
The separatists started a campaign of terror (= violent action causing fear) to get independence.
Heights have/hold no terrors for me (= do not frighten me)."
This is so way off topic for nanog that I'm going to stop here.
--
"Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly
alert."
- Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
