From: Kevin Freels (megaquark@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 12:56:43 MDT
I would have to say that I feel "more safe".
For a couple of years prior to 911 I had been concerned that something of
this magnitude would occur soon. I would say we were due for it, but that is
only from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. Now that it has happened,
it has created an awareness on the part of the Stupids which reduces the
likelhood of similar events occurring.
Granted, I can't come up with with a statistical model to show the reduced
likelyhood, but maybe some kind of fuzzy math occurs in my subconscious
allowing me to feel a certain "intuition". Either way, I "feel" safer now
than before.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emlyn O'regan" <oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: Being Extropic
> 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?
>
> Just for a bit of extropian perspective, remember that it is still the
case
> that we all have a death sentence hanging over our heads, and will be
until
> someone fixes it.
>
> Emlyn
>
>
> > According to a NY Times report today, hundreds of millions
> > of dollars may have been raised for terrorist activities
> > (either in Palestine or the U.S.) [1].
> >
> > To my best recollection the 911 bombing financing was in
> > the neighborhood of $100-200K.
> >
> > So one has a potential financing ratio of ~1000:1 (i.e.
> > there are 1000 times as much funding out there as what
> > may have been spent on attacks thus far) -- i.e. about
> > 1000 potential 911s could be currently being financed.
> > Assuming a comparable loss of life in such attacks --
> > 3000 people * 1000 attacks = 3 million people, one has
> > to wonder *just* exactly where must we draw the line?
> >
> > And terrorists seem to be showing little discrimination
> > as to precisely *where* they may act. So the question
> > becomes for anyone "are you safe anywhere?".
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > 1. Links of Saudis to Charities Come Under Senate Review.
> > NY Times, 31 Jul 2003;
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/national/31SAUD.html
> >
>
>
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