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Originally Posted by RangerDick
Therein lies the conundrum. Unfortunately, we don't live in a world were lemony gumdrops fall from the sky, and happy furry fuzzy bunnies bounce from carrot patch to carrot patch all the live long day. A person with nefarious intentions is not going to be wearing a sign around his neck that says, "Hey, check me out, I'm a real, concrete threat!!!".
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Happy furry fuzzy bunnies DO bounce from carrot patch to carrot patch all the live long day. And therein lies the problem. People think that it is unrealistic to simply expect the expected.
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Originally Posted by RangerDick
Given the circumstances, I don't think that taking heightened security measures to mitigate risk during this extremely visible and historical event is unreasonable. That said, I have a hard time believing that people are being instructed to "not look at the President." There seems to be alot of overreaction to this claim. It appears that the bandwagon Bush-haters have swallowed this bit hook, line, and sinker without applying the same standards of skepticism that they apply to everything else (i.e. - the threat of Al Qaeda). If it does turn out to be true that people can't look at Bush during the inauguration, then I will be the first to gleefully join in the ridicule.
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This doesn't mitigate risk. As for swallowing hook, line, and sinker, we are not alone in this. Who swallowed WMDs and links from al Qaeda and Iraq again?