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Stompy · 08-09-2004, 09:31 AM

I personally don't know of one single person who is honestly "afraid" of these terror attacks.

I think the media hypes it and makes it more of a big deal than it really is.

Sure, 9/11 sucked, but it wasn't really scary. If it happened more frequently, then maybe I could see people getting scared, but right now chances of a terrorist attack aren't that great.

First off, they won't be using planes again, so I find it very comical that we're focusing all of our attention to airports and airport security. I mean, it needs to be there, but while we're all gawking in that direction, there's another avenue completely unsecure and open for the taking.

And I agree with hannukah harry. If their next "attack" is some kind of small suicide bomb, then that's gonna look pretty silly and minisucule compared to 9/11. Short of using a nuke or coordinating an attack in MANY major cities at once, their follow up threats won't scare many.

Now that I think about it, people freak the fuck out whenever the media hypes up these "terrorists might attack" notices, so they probably would get scared even though there's absolutely no reason to.

I dunno, but in any case, these terrorists are a lot of talk and not enough follow through. They use 9/11 as a crutch simply because they happened to get lucky enough to pull it off, so they constantly babble off about "Our next attack is coming soon!" and always fail to produce results... much like 3D Realms and Duke Nukem Forever. It's all part of their game. Personally, whenever I hear another tape of them talking about how their next attack will make 9/11 look like nothing, I kinda yawn and utter a "yeah yeah.. we've heard THAT before.."

Also, people give terrorists too much credit. If they aren't stupid, then why did they attack the WTC and kill 3000 people as opposed to slamming into a nuclear power plant and contaminating land near millions more? Considering we were blindsided and the public had no concept of "terrorist atttacks" before hand, they could've gotten away with a LOT more. They're very sloppy and were EXTREMELY lucky that they even got 9/11 to happen. (At least, that's my take on them from what I've seen in the media)

08-09-2004, 09:31 AM	#19 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	I personally don't know of one single person who is honestly "afraid" of these terror attacks. I think the media hypes it and makes it more of a big deal than it really is. Sure, 9/11 sucked, but it wasn't really scary. If it happened more frequently, then maybe I could see people getting scared, but right now chances of a terrorist attack aren't that great. First off, they won't be using planes again, so I find it very comical that we're focusing all of our attention to airports and airport security. I mean, it needs to be there, but while we're all gawking in that direction, there's another avenue completely unsecure and open for the taking. And I agree with hannukah harry. If their next "attack" is some kind of small suicide bomb, then that's gonna look pretty silly and minisucule compared to 9/11. Short of using a nuke or coordinating an attack in MANY major cities at once, their follow up threats won't scare many. Now that I think about it, people freak the fuck out whenever the media hypes up these "terrorists might attack" notices, so they probably would get scared even though there's absolutely no reason to. I dunno, but in any case, these terrorists are a lot of talk and not enough follow through. They use 9/11 as a crutch simply because they happened to get lucky enough to pull it off, so they constantly babble off about "Our next attack is coming soon!" and always fail to produce results... much like 3D Realms and Duke Nukem Forever. It's all part of their game. Personally, whenever I hear another tape of them talking about how their next attack will make 9/11 look like nothing, I kinda yawn and utter a "yeah yeah.. we've heard THAT before.." Also, people give terrorists too much credit. If they aren't stupid, then why did they attack the WTC and kill 3000 people as opposed to slamming into a nuclear power plant and contaminating land near millions more? Considering we were blindsided and the public had no concept of "terrorist atttacks" before hand, they could've gotten away with a LOT more. They're very sloppy and were EXTREMELY lucky that they even got 9/11 to happen. (At least, that's my take on them from what I've seen in the media) __________________ I love lamp. Last edited by Stompy; 08-09-2004 at 09:45 AM..