Terrorism is a NON-THREAT (fwd)

Tim Griffiths T.G.Griffiths at exeter.ac.uk
Thu Oct 30 07:24:28 PST 1997



Bill wrote:

> The whole point of my orriginal message that you seem unable to grasp ("no
> suprise") is that 50-100 deaths/year does not justify turning this country
> into a police state!!
> 
> - -- 
> - ---------------------------------------------------------------
> William H. Geiger III  http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii


 Yup, I don't disagree with that. But, I have trouble answering the
 obvious question, 'well, how many lives _does_ it take before something
 is done?'. Is there any way to quantify this kind of thing? 
 
 We hear on TV etc people saying "If this draconian measure saves the
 life of one innocent child its worth the loss of my right to walk in
 the park, or whatever". This is clearly shit, but can people suggest a
 sensible measure of when new legistlation is justified?
 
 
 Tim G
 --
 Tim Griffiths
 'There are no honourable agreements that involve the exchange of a 
 quantifiable object, like a sum of money, for qualitative object such as
 a human soul'. - Bill Burroughs
 







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