I wonder how long will the anthrax hysteria last. Repetitive stimulation yields diminished response over time. This is not to say that there is no danger - but

The only way to protect from living organisms used as weapons (after all - life is a weapon) in the long run is immunity. Sooner or later any small determined group will be able to create some bug. I see no way that government can stop

Maybe the high density living that we are so used to is incompatible with new weapons. Maybe societal structures based on projectile-throwing weaponry are

At 10:12 PM 10/13/2001 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote: perception of danger seldom has any relation to danger itself. this - it's like trying to stop crypto or C coding. Will not happen. passe. New weapons always changed rules, and it was called progress. Points driven well home by Davidson and Rees-Mogg, "The Sovereign Individual" and Jared Diamond, "Guns, Germs and Steel."