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To: Neeka who wrote (31935)	2/27/2004 3:22:47 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 793620

I don't know what is so "Interesting" about that? What is interesting is that your fear is not proportional to your risk. Any approach to fear other than risk assessment is interesting to me because it's, well, odd. I consider my level of risk high since I currently live in an area that has been targeted before and there are several military bases nearby I'm near ground zero, too, right next to the mother of all military bases, and there are huge Arab and Muslim communities. This is Friday, the day I can hardly get out of my neighborhood at lunchtime due to mosque traffic. I recognize that my level of risk is higher than that of someone who lives in Sedona or Squaw Valley. That does not make it high, though. Even where I live, my bathtub is a greater threat to life and limb, despite its placidity. I also consider the threat to our national economy very disturbing It is disturbing. But as I said earlier, the greatest risk to our economy is fear of terrorists, not the terrorists themselves. What do you think is the worst case scenario? I see loss of productivity from diversion of resources to security and a stock market crash due to investor fears as the worst case scenario. Both of those are more a function of our fear than what the terrorists can do. Perhaps I'm not being creative enough and am missing something. What do you think is the worst case scenario economy-wise at the hands of terrorists? The level of hostility is extremely high imo. The motivation and modus operandi is like nothing I've ever seen. I feel compelled to support any effort to defend against this enemy. I completely agree. One of the most important things we can do to defend ourselves is to put our fears in perspective so that we can more readiy respond intelligently.

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