On 11/18/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry but I don't buy it. > Photographs of the WTC were of no help in this manner! > For suicide belt bombers, a hand-drawn sketch on the back of a napkin > is more than sufficient. > For attacks between these two extremes, published photos in books, > magazines,the Internet would be sufficient. > > It's just a desire on the part of "the authorities" to appear as if > they're doing *something*.
1) If they don't have photos, they'll make diagrams, charts and maps. They can put little x's where they want the explosives to go. 2) There's no stopping so-called religious fanatic warriors. If taking piccies is against the law, they'll (guess what?) break the law, or they'll find a way around it (see #1, above). Lots of their operatives have no criminal record or previous involvement with the police. That makes is easier to plead ignorance and "get off with a warning". 3) You're right, Mark, the authorities want to appear to be doing ~something~. In addition, this is a way of doing what they've wanted to do all the time, but now have an excuse for: keeping tabs on the citizenry, and generally bossing us around because they want to. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
