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Well said, Alan. --- Alan Fairclough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Guys: > (and girls) > > I grew up and lived half my life in a country where > terrorism was part of > everyone's life. Occasionally we would have > dictatorships, hyperinflation, > revolutions, uprisings, al kinds of civil abuses, > police and military that > were so corrupt the maffia could not compete, etc. > out of a class of 54 who graduated in high school > eight died during the CIA > funded clean up after the last regime and the > military dictatorship that > followed. They had nothing to do with it but were > just in the wrong place at > the wrong time. The Falklands War finished all that > era. Things are not much > better now with rampant unemployment and eight times > the national debt. > One thing I have learned from all this is that you > cannot fight terrorism > with paranoia. No matter how many precautions you > take, terrorists will find > a way around it. Terrorists win when they create > enough paranoia to paralyze > normal business and force everyone to live behind > bars for their own > protection. > The cost of this paranoia in dollars is outrageous > but worse still is the > cost of losing the way of life I have learned to > love. > I refuse to lock my doors, I have no bars on my > windows and refuse to carry a > gun for my own protection. I have never been mugged > or robbed in my life but > am prepared for the day I do. If someone is > desperate enough to want to steal > the few bucks I carry in my wallet or my 45 dollar > Timex watch, I would like > the priviledge of giving it to them willingly and > have the satisfaction of > having helped them. I hope I am never that > desperate. I have a beter way of > life and I refuse to yield to fear. > We should show the world that we can overcome this. > I can not ignore it. I am > sure it is cheaper in dollars and much more > rewarding to help out the people > of Afganistan to rid themselves of opression. If > this can be done in a > civilized way, all the better. violence is the last > resort and it should be > the last thing WE should think of, not the first. > > AF > > > __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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