In article a0nBb.29326$ZE1.6721@fed1read04, "R. Hubbell"
writes:


I am not slighting the success of the intelligence folks at preventing
follow
ups attacks to 9/11/01, they have done remarkably well, but there is no way
to
prevent a handful of fanatics willing to die from shooting up a mall in
Peoria
or Kansas City.


Or snipers from killing people at random. How about the 40,000 that die
every
year from car accidents. Or the 35,000 from the flu. What's the real
threat?


How about flying?

There are risks, like flying or traveling by car, that I accept willingly in
return for the joy or convenience I receive.,

There are risks, like disease that cannot practically be avoided and are not
the work of malice.

But I do not accept the risk of being shot or blown up by a religious zealot
while getting a coffee at Starbucks. The risk i\of being killed by a terrorist
is not something that goes along with an activity or convenience I freely
chose, and it is not a risk of normal life, it is an act of war by a bunch of
thugs and I need not accept the loss of one life to it as OK or unimportant.

Don



--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG