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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (31743)	10/10/2001 2:49:38 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

My Bill thought of another low-tech way: bulk mailings laced with chemical weapons. This would interfere with the entire postal system. How about lacing public phones with chemical agents? It would only take a couple of incidents to cause a major upheaval in the day to day functioning of the country, and both of these would have the added effect of reducing communications among the populace..

To: E who wrote (31743)	10/10/2001 4:13:08 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I could probably imagine quite a few low tech terrorism threats myself. (for that matter the hijackers where a pretty low tech threat, they stole jet aircraft but there weapons where small blades). I just feel that the fact that one threat exists shouldn't keep us from protecting against another. A lot of the debate is probably questions about the facts as much as it is ideology or disagreement about goals. I''m sure most opponents of missile defense would be for it if it turns out it cost $5 bil. a year and provides a near perfect shield and most proponents of missile defense would be against it if it turns out it will cost $200 bil. a year or more and can't even reliably shoot down attacks by single missiles. The truth will presumably be somewhere in between, but the question of where in that range is an important one. I was just listening to the radio while I was at lunch. Some woman called in talking about a Muslim kid at school who insisted that George Bush was going to Afghanistan to kill all of the Muslims and that all the death and suffering in New York didn't matter much because they were getting millions of dollars in disaster relief. It's sad that some kids are taught to think like that. Tim