"The heinousness of his crimes tends to make him look bigger, more intelligent, and more dangerous than he actually is, in my opinion."
Time and place are more important. If Osama was preaching his points in the time of Mahatma, then he would have a lot less influence.
But, then is then, and now is now, as Jerry Brown said in a different context. The point is we are talking about the 22st century and not the 21rst. Terrorism is the big threat, not some third world country. A citizen of any developed country can do as much damage of any other country is a fact of life. This is the lesson we must learn. As technology progresses, either we must limit the power that individuals wield, or we must accept, and police, what people can do. this is the conundrum that we face... |
