On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:05 PM, denstar wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Robert Munn wrote: Do I think that an existential threat to our >> civilization merits a "special circumstances" exception? Absolutely. > > An existential threat? Dude, you have gone Stockholm.
Al Qaeda has specifically said their goal is to destroy Western civilization and impose a worldwide Islamic state like what the Taliban had going in Afghanistan. You don't see that as an existential threat? > Are you telling me that people bent on killing other people (even > great numbers of other people) is somehow new? What is new is mass-murder by non-state actors across international boundaries. The reason everyone is so scared of WMD falling into the hands of terrorists is that they have no restraints on their actions. They don't care about retaliatory strikes, collateral damage, or anything else that would normally prevent someone from actually carrying out a WMD attack. Al Qaeda and its affiliates are just as likely to set off a nuclear weapon in Beijing or Moscow as New York or London. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270254 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
