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To: Bridge Player who wrote (68917)	5/27/2008 11:46:21 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542130

Why? Because you can't? If you have an actual existential threat please post it. Merely being insulting isn't actually much of an argument for your position. EOM Me-"At the most they'd be able to launch a few more successful terrorists attacks- which are hardly likely to destroy us, unless we by our reaction choose to destroy ourselves- which would be pretty stupid of us. You-"You win. I won't argue with logic like that. EOM."

To: Bridge Player who wrote (68917)	5/28/2008 7:23:59 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542130

You win. I won't argue with logic like that. Let's try to establish the framework of the debate. If I am reading this right, I am seeing two sides to the argument: 1) You, Bob, and perhaps others, are saying that even one terrorist attack is too many and that we should do everything in our power to prevent it. 2) Syb, I and others, are saying that in a free society, a certain level of terrorist activity is inevitable. Have I framed the debate fairly? If so, hopefully we can proceed from here.