From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 22:45:37 MDT
At 09:32 AM 8/1/03 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
>Of course not; we never have been. Total safety is illusory.
>
>So the question is "how safe are we"?
>
>How about a poll...
>
>Who on the list personally knows someone affected by terrorism. Personal
>acquaintances as maximum distance, no friends of friends please.
>
>More subjective: would you rate yourself now (hopefully based on some kind
>of quasi-empirical guestimate, at least) as more or less safe than you were
>10 years ago? 20 years ago? What are the major threats to your continued
>existence/lifestyle? How about 10 years into the future?
More safe than 10 and 20 years ago based on becoming increasingly cautious
and aware that even though terrorism has become limpid or transparent,
there are more terrorists and it seems to be in season.
Less safe than 10 years in the future. Ten years from now, there will be
better self-monitoring devices and the business of designing
hardware/software/fashionware for protection will be more sophisticated,
lower priced, and available.
Natasha
Natasha Vita-More
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