You basically can't stop suicide bombers in public places. We need to be able to deal with them as well as possible.
And by all means, lets secure the ports and chemical plants. Jeezus. That involves "more than maybe thirty people".
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jul 14, 2005 8:31:56 am PDT #9898 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Frankenbuddha - Jul 14, 2005 8:34:39 am PDT #9899 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wouldn't count on that lasting, though--someday some terrorist is going to realize that if they really want the population terrified, taking out a Walmart on the day after Thanksgiving is the way to go.
Or blow out a section of elevated highway or a tunnel. Making people scared to drive would be extremely crippling to the way this country lives day-to-day.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 14, 2005 8:35:54 am PDT #9900 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And now only 100 posts or so to go.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2005 8:40:34 am PDT #9901 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know, I managed to confuse Maginot with Plimsoll.
I am all better now.
Gudanov - Jul 14, 2005 8:47:06 am PDT #9902 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I wouldn't count on that lasting, though--someday some terrorist is going to realize that if they really want the population terrified, taking out a Walmart on the day after Thanksgiving is the way to go.
That's why we've spent $300 billion on the Iraq war. The terrorists are going to fight us over there. No need to worry about terrorists here.
DavidS - Jul 14, 2005 8:49:58 am PDT #9903 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yep. Car bomb pulls up next to a tanker truck filled with Chlorine or something flammable on a bridge or in a tunnel. How ya gonna stop that?
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2005 8:53:50 am PDT #9904 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you start by making cars illegal. If that doesn't work, ban bridges or tunnels.
Rick - Jul 14, 2005 8:55:39 am PDT #9905 of 10001
If that doesn't work, ban bridges or tunnels.
ita, if bridges are outlawed only outlaws will have bridges.
Jesse - Jul 14, 2005 8:57:16 am PDT #9906 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, you start by making cars illegal.
I've been saying this for years. Anyplace too far to walk is too far to go.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 14, 2005 8:57:31 am PDT #9907 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You'll take my car away when you pry my cold dead body out of it.