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RE: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now.
From: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:58:52 -0700
|> From: Vadim Antonov [mailto:avg () exigengroup com] |> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:11 PM |> |> The problem isn't terrorists - people with lunatic worldview |> will always |> exist, and there's no way to prevent that. The problem is |> governments |> which refuse to cooperate in eradicating them because they |> futher their |> goals while leaving their hands "clean". And may I to |> remind the truism |> that any government can govern only because it has support of a |> significant part of (maybe, brainwashed) population? |> |> As for civil liberties - reality check time. |> Those are people who _believe_ that Western civilization is |> evil and has |> to be destroyed by any means, including suicide. Those |> aren't isolated |> "crazies". Their mothers and neighbours are proud of what |> they did, and this is scary. Does anyone remember all those hijacking of the mid'70's? Does anyone realize why they stopped? Terrorist groups are like weeds. They grow over time. One has to regulary whack the weeds. We no longer have the weed whackers.
Current thread:
- Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Larry Diffey (Sep 11)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 11)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Petr Swedock (Sep 11)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Randy Bush (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 12)
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- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Avi Freedman (Sep 11)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Steven M. Bellovin (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Vadim Antonov (Sep 12)
- RE: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Roeland Meyer (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Arman Khalili (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. herb (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. herb (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Hank Nussbacher (Sep 12)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 13)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Hank Nussbacher (Sep 13)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Randy Bush (Sep 13)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Hank Nussbacher (Sep 13)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Vadim Antonov (Sep 13)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Randy Bush (Sep 14)
- Re: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. Arman Khalili (Sep 12)