15 Sep
2001
15 Sep
'01
4:07 p.m.
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Meyer Wolfsheim wrote:
Have there ever been any large-scale terroristic attacks where profit was the only motive?
terrorism <> economics. Economics as a direct goal isn't the issue in terrorism. You're 'mixing your metaphors'...
No, Jim, I am not. If one were to commit an act of destruction, in order to manipulate economic markets with the ensuing public fear or outrage, that would be terrorism with economics as a direct goal. You're thinking too narrowly. -MW-