--- In [email protected], gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > That's true, but he also had a pretty good > > statistical > > rationale as to why the increased homicides didn't > > invalidate the hypothesis. > > I suppose it's possible he's even right about this, to > some extent. But hasn't the TMO long claimed it could > stop things such as today's suicide bombings, when the > bombers are just as irrational?
Maybe not in eight weeks... There may be a difference in the irrationality quotient when you believe you're killing for a greater cause, and that you will become an honored martyr with a guaranteed place in paradise. At least it's a higher-level irrationality than, say, killing a member of a rival gang. Also, similarly to the statistical significance of homicide in relation to violent crime in general, not all that many people are killed by suicide bombers in relation to the number killed in full- scale war. I've been reading about a recent study that has determined there's been a substantial decline in actual warfare since the fall of the Soviet Union. We may tend to lose sight of the big picture when we focus on the threat of terrorism. It's horrible, but in terms of people killed and amount of destruction of property and resources, it's relatively insignificant compared to war. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
