Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > > I don't think it is smart to point out easy and lucrative > terrorist targets on this list. Although for quite > understandable reasons many of us might find the topic quite > interesting, this type of thing should be discussed only > among concerned and trusted neighbors and friends and with > security officials. ANYBODY, even Osama Bin Laden and his > cohorts and henchmen could be reading the messages posted on > this list.
In principle I agree with what you say, and I have been careful to only allude to certain likelihoods myself instead of spelling them out. > Furthermore, I don't think the subject should be discussed in > the news media; however, I would be against prohibiting such > discussions by law. Simple moral persuasion ought to be enough > to sufficiently repress the pervasive broadcasts of such > discussions. However, I am certain that all genies are already out of the bottle, and anyone that thinks they are safe as long as they don't speak of the bogeyman is really kidding themselves. That does NOT mean we should openly discuss possible targets, it means we should definitely consider that anything imaginable has already been discussed. :( - Clarence Verge -- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - The internet is infected - Windows is a VIRUS !! --
