Re Is New York's preternatural calm a sign of resilience or is terror the new normal? | US news | The Guardian

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Pamela McCorduck <pamela () well com>
> Date: November 5, 2017 at 4:01:19 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Is New York's preternatural calm a sign of resilience or is terror the new normal? | US news | 
> The Guardian
>
> Dave, we New Yorkers live with this the way Californians live with the chance of earthquakes. When my niece moved to 
> NYC, I told her we were a target city, and she should prepare an emergency kit the same way she prepared for 
> earthquakes in San Francisco.
>
> Walking through the Times Square subway station at rush hour, you tip your hat to the eagle eyes who are watching out 
> for you.
>
> Pamela McCorduck
>
>
>
> > On Nov 5, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
> > > Date: November 5, 2017 at 10:30:34 AM EST
> > > To: dave () farber net
> > > Subject: Re: [IP] Is New York's preternatural calm a sign of resilience or is terror the new normal? | US news | 
> > > The Guardian
> > >
> > > In article <701F83CC-5B75-4CF0-8F37-05B524A727D1 () me com> you write:
> > > > I think it’s a mark of  resilience
> > > > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/04/new-york-calm-resilience-terror-truck-attack
> > >
> > > This article has some peculiar assumptions.  Apparently it is now a
> > > problem if people do not overreact and freak out at anything called
> > > terrorism.  Terrorist attacks in the US remain vanishingly rare and
> > > it is entirely reasonable for people to do exactly what they were
> > > planning to do in lower Manhattan.
> > >
> > > Here's a thought experiment: imagine that the same truck drove in from
> > > NJ, headed to lower Manhattan, but then it pulled over and a white guy
> > > with semi-automatic guns jumped out and killed and injured the same
> > > people in the same place.  What would the punditariat be saying then?
> > >
> > > R's,
> > > John
> > >
> > > PS: for added versimilitude, imagine that instead of yelling "Allahu
> > > Akbar" he yelled "Blood and Soil."
> >
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