Saturday, April 10, 2004

The safety lie

Thought about our terror problems:We are vulnerable, extremely so. A single gunman walked into a police station with a handgun. This caused evacuation, confusion and action of at least 100 people, the press, traffic and money. Thats just one idiot with a personal problem and no agenda.Now, take an extremist or soeone with a plan and a purpose and a death wish. Multiply that times 100, in 100 cities, acting all at once.Add, one plane, one subway, a few selective accidents blocking highways with a tractor, or trailer, or farm truck. Complicate that with a blackout because of a hacked computer or something as stupid as a blown tower known as a main thoroughfare in the grid.There are tv shows exploiting our vulnerabilities, Threat Matrix, Navy CSI, movies that foretll of terrorist dirty bombs.

Some people may say that films are make believe and no one in their right mind would do what is conceived in the film.
The key word is "right mind". What the mind can conceive someone will believe!