On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:24:30 -0500 reb <Phydeaux> wrote:

At 03:29 PM 3/30/2001 -0800, J C Lawrence wrote:

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Without questioning the boundaries of topic or religion on this one, there's also the argument that allowing spammers to control and alter our behaviour, and thereby granting them that power and influence over us is fundamentally WRONG and that doing so is tantamount to kowtowing to terrorists.

I think putting bombs on airplanes is WRONG! Allowing terrorists to make us scared and control and alter our behaviour, thereby granting them power and influence over us is fundamentally WRONG!

Agreed.

So, we should ignore them and ban all airport security systems because that's just part of caving in to the terrorists' demands...

Being cognizant of one's environment is one thing; thus awareness of terrorist situations and methods of control for them is not an unreasonable action. Allowing terrorist threat to modify an otherwise desirable and reasonable action is another. Not looking both ways when crossing the street is simply silly. Not crossing the street because the possiblity exists that one may be struck by a vehicle is also silly.

-- J C Lawrence claw@kanga.nu ---------(*) http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--