terror warnings
Feb. 11th, 2003 09:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nibotLike foghorns the early warning sirens wail out across the landscape. Like monsters in the mist, they respond, echo...
But it seems ridiculous to me. Terror level upgraded to "orange" because of a muslim holiday? Early warning sirens? Nevermind that none of these precautions would have been the slightest bit of help on Sept 11, 2001. Nevermind that they wouldn't have prevented the first WTC bombing, either; nor the Oaklahoma City bombing; nor the Nairobi Embassy Bombing; nor the attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Nevermind, in fact, that these measures wouldn't have helped a whit against any terrorist activity on record.
Mind neither that we had no forewarning of any of these events, yet now we think we can have some terrorist-danger indicator lamp. Condition Orange. Tell me, if you were a terrorist, wouldn't you just wait for that light to turn Green, and then attack? (In the same way that our fancy new airport screening systems make it easier for a terrorist to board a plane?) These silly systems actually endanger us by creating a false sense of security.
But it seems ridiculous to me. Terror level upgraded to "orange" because of a muslim holiday? Early warning sirens? Nevermind that none of these precautions would have been the slightest bit of help on Sept 11, 2001. Nevermind that they wouldn't have prevented the first WTC bombing, either; nor the Oaklahoma City bombing; nor the Nairobi Embassy Bombing; nor the attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Nevermind, in fact, that these measures wouldn't have helped a whit against any terrorist activity on record.
Mind neither that we had no forewarning of any of these events, yet now we think we can have some terrorist-danger indicator lamp. Condition Orange. Tell me, if you were a terrorist, wouldn't you just wait for that light to turn Green, and then attack? (In the same way that our fancy new airport screening systems make it easier for a terrorist to board a plane?) These silly systems actually endanger us by creating a false sense of security.
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Date: 2003-02-11 09:25 am (UTC)