World Trade crash...

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue Sep 11 12:40:51 2001

Though it's hard to see how any "good" could come from an act such as this,
perhaps it will inspire people to stop harboring/aiding/comforting criminals,
and stop favoring the "minor" offender over the strict adherence to law. Our
homegrown militants rely heavily on the distaste some folks have for law and
order. This type of situation is the fruit of such an attitude. The guys in
D.C. are now referring to the people responsible for this act as enemies of the
nation. They're adopting rhetoric of wartime. It's the blind-eyed inattention
to the routine commission of minor offenses that allows these enemies of the
nation to move about freely among us.

At present, the Palestinians have denied responsibility, as have the Afgahns.
The Talaban have denied that bin Laudin is involved, though that's still
possible. I doubt, however, that either the Palestinians or the Afghans would
tolerate such an act from anyone over whom they have any influence at all, not
wishing to risk incurring the wrath of an injured U.S. Middle-easterners are
long familiar with the political realities of terrorism, and it's not likely
that they would long hide someone to whom or to whose organization such an act
could ultimately be attributed. The only ones unsophisitcated enough and
violent enough to be likely to do this are those home-grown cowboys like
McVeigh.

Sadly, the only way in which such acts can be anticipated and prevented in the
future is for us to give up some of the privacy we cherish. Technology and law
protect those who enjoy this privacy. If we insist on giving aid and comfort to
minor criminals by failing to report them each and every time they violate our
laws, and if we insist on retaining our privacy, we'll have to learn to tolerate
this sort of event. The choice is between our own rights and those of the
"minor" criminals. People wouldn't attempt to hide among the populace if they
knew that the populace would phone the authorities to report their every action.
There's a fine line between complacency and complicity.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande_at_internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: World Trade crash...


> Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >
> > The terrorists that pulled this off are clearly dead, along with the
innocent
> > passengers aboard the hijacked airplanes. It's of no benefit to them at
all.
> > The political forces behind them, however, are going to benefit. As with
all
> > politics, it's entirely corrupt.
>
> Well, when I say "they" I mean they're cause/organization, etc.
> Although, they may believe that they are doing themselves good too, such
> as the Japanese kamikaze pilots, or some middle eastern extremists.
>
> >
> > That Saudi millionaire, bin Laudin, or whatever his name is, claimed
something
> > BIG was coming, but I'd more easily believe a bunch of the McVeigh-style
> > rednecks would do this sort of thing.
> >
> > Of course, the WTC has been the target of middle-eastern terrorism before
...
> >
> > I think it would be pretty difficult for a middle eastern organization to
find
> > personnel to pull off four concurrent hijackings in the U.S. as easily as
the
> > local rednecks could do it. What's more, the middle-eastern terrorists
don't
> > normally do things on this scale, those embassy bombings being an exception
> > rather than the rule. This invites a level of retaliation that they (the
> > middle-eastern groups) are unwilling to tolerate. Those redneck groups
don't
> > care if they kill a billion people.
> >
> > The suicidal nature of this combination of acts points to the
middle-easterners,
> > yet the pointless nature points at the rednecks. Who knows?
>
> It certainly is confusing. I question a bunch of Mcviegh types too, I
> mean, I don't think we normally get a big concentration of McViegh
> types..... you'd have to be really crazy, not just a follower of a
> crazy.
>
> I think I understand and agree with your assessment of middle eastern
> terrorists too. They tend not to do things this big.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 11 2001 - 12:40:51 BST