Comments on: Terrorism and Statistics http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/08/terrorism-and-statistics/ Every Band of Freaks Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:50:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: douglas http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/08/terrorism-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-968 douglas Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:46:51 +0000 http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/08/11/terrorism-and-statistics/#comment-968 It looks like I'm not alone in this perspective. A couple days after I wrote this article a post appeared <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/14/65537/7743">here</a> that says much the same. It's a good read, unless you're one of those people cowering under your bed with your security blanket and an empty bottle of Xanax. It looks like I’m not alone in this perspective. A couple days after I wrote this article a post appeared here that says much the same. It’s a good read, unless you’re one of those people cowering under your bed with your security blanket and an empty bottle of Xanax.

]]> By: NHK http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/08/terrorism-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-946 NHK Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:39:45 +0000 http://douglas.nerad.org/journal/2006/08/11/terrorism-and-statistics/#comment-946 The suspects arrested in London had been under survielance since December last according to the BBC; Okay, fine, MI5 acted jointly with Pakistan on certain intelligence and a bunch of people who were, it appears, planning to do some very bad things are now under lock and key. No, there would not have been a dry run of any dastardly plot in a few days. Rather, a dry run was allegedly planned. Disaster was not narrowly averted. The criminals were allowed to scheme while evidence and further intelligence were being gathered. And so, disaster was apparently averted by a gaping wide margin circa Christmas 2005. I certainly agree with you about the hip granny with her iPod. On a related note, I got a call from cmatt today; she claimed she'd gouge her eyes out if she had to check her iPod en route to MAN. I told her I thought the heightened security nonsense will have largely abated by the time we fly to the UK this Winter as the lemmings will hopefully have been appeased by then. My question is why the US and UK governments insist on catering to the stupid and spooking the fearful (not to mention irritating the crap oot of the rest of us) rather than attempting to educate them as to what steps are taken *outside* the airport to make air travel (somewhat) safer. But no, instead we have a carnival of idiocy at the airports, and I suspect, several TSA halfwits drinking abandoned bottles of single-malt and Château Margaux paid for by rightfully pissed off passengers. The suspects arrested in London had been under survielance since December last according to the BBC; Okay, fine, MI5 acted jointly with Pakistan on certain intelligence and a bunch of people who were, it appears, planning to do some very bad things are now under lock and key.

No, there would not have been a dry run of any dastardly plot in a few days. Rather, a dry run was allegedly planned.

Disaster was not narrowly averted. The criminals were allowed to scheme while evidence and further intelligence were being gathered. And so, disaster was apparently averted by a gaping wide margin circa Christmas 2005.

I certainly agree with you about the hip granny with her iPod. On a related note, I got a call from cmatt today; she claimed she’d gouge her eyes out if she had to check her iPod en route to MAN. I told her I thought the heightened security nonsense will have largely abated by the time we fly to the UK this Winter as the lemmings will hopefully have been appeased by then. My question is why the US and UK governments insist on catering to the stupid and spooking the fearful (not to mention irritating the crap oot of the rest of us) rather than attempting to educate them as to what steps are taken *outside* the airport to make air travel (somewhat) safer. But no, instead we have a carnival of idiocy at the airports, and I suspect, several TSA halfwits drinking abandoned bottles of single-malt and Château Margaux paid for by rightfully pissed off passengers.

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