Hey Roy!

> Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
>> Hey Roy!
>> It depends on what they're trying to do.
>> If we're talking about what already happened then they already won.
>> They no longer have to actually do anything to disrupt our society.
> Maybe,  I'm not so sure.  Are you referring to the way the economy has been
> going mostly?

Errrr ... no but now that you mention it ... Actually I was thinking about
how every time a tape is releaed or some rumour about possible hijackings,
etc. then people stay home, don't travel, etc.  Then agin all that arguably
does have impact on the economy.  How do you measure that though?  The
economy wasn't doing that great before 9/11.  Airlines were already having
financial troubles before their hardware became weapons.  That is a tough
call.  However, given an increased public awareness on how fragile security
matters are it could be said that terrorism was highly effective and that a
simple threat is enough without actually having to follow through on that
threat.  Also bringing the fight to the Middle East may have been a healthy
part of the strategy.  Arguably, sending troops there might be playing into
the terrorists hands.

> My attitude toward that is wait-and-see at this point in time.

Many share that attitude.

> I do feel that a lot of the old assumptions don't hold true any more,  for
> whatever that's worth,  but then I'm not sure how much they ever did.

Most of us are in that boat, methinks.

- Maurice

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