-=> Quoting Paul Nixon to All on 23 Jul 96  06:34 <=-
 Re: Terror 
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 JP> This may seem to be jumping the gun, since so much is still not known
 JP> about what brought down TWA Flight 800.  But it is probably time for
 JP> Americans to accept terrorism as a fact of life requiring certain
 JP> impositions, like personal searches in public places, to preserve
 JP> communal safety.
 PN> Lessee...He who would give up his freedom for safety...
 
 JP> That certainly was the feeling yesterday among many New Yorkers, who
 PN> ...sorry, but that doesn't surprise me.
 PN> I guess the terrorists won.
Did you see the Deep Space 9 episode where the Changelings were attacking 
Earth? That was essentially the point of the episode. If you do all the 
sweeps and stuff - especially out of proportion to the actual threat - 
then the terrorists have won. That's not what their hypothetical Earth of 
the future - or our country now - is about.
Steve
... Question authority -- especially if you're paying for it.
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