From: ankara@baynet.net
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 23:52:01 MDT
Greetings -
This poll interests me. Has a working definition of 'terrorism' been
presented?
~ankara
> 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
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