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To: Jim S who wrote (22006)	6/24/2006 1:58:09 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) of 543436

I think calling a response to an ongoing problem a "war" is just stupid. I think the language shapes the mentality people use to deal with the problem. I've talked about my approach to terrorism many times on this thread and elsewhere- this is a brief response, if you use advanced search you can find much longer posts on this topic written by me. It's a problem, but imo it's nowhere near our major problem. I think we should concentrate on the borders, including container shipping, and I think it would be beneficial to mend international relationships since the global networks require global efforts. I'm not one of those folks who blames Bush for 9/11. In a free society a certain amount of terrorism is bound to occur- we have surprisingly little (imo). I think better communication and coordination between agencies could have prevented 9/11 but I don't blame anyone for the failure of the agencies in not being perfect. I expect the US to work within the framework of the constitution to prevent terrorism, and I expect people to tolerate a little bit of risk when it comes to terrorism in exchange for a free society.

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