WAY OT Re: [TheForge] Terrorism is not funny

[Bill Alleman]

Andrew Vida wrote:

 >     Not necessarily a rational response, but that's how the "public"
 >     often reacts to things like this and I believe a guy like Bush
 >     would have no problem omitting certain facts if he thought it
 >     would better ensure reelection.  I'm afraid I don't hold much
 >     confidence in political types.

Agreed. Seems that's essentially a matter of record already...


 >     It makes a difference in my mind from the standpoint of
 >     government responsibility to the constituency.

Conceded. I was focusing on the perception of the passengers, not the=20
weas... er, politicians.


 >     Actually, I was a little disgusted to hear it.  Wanna kill
 >     people, go ahead.  But why drag the poor horse into it?  I
 >     think humans should leave the rest of the world out of their
 >     dirty little messes.

Indeed. Actually, my _very_ first thought was why didn't they include=20
the horse in the dead count? I have a suspicion Phlip's was similar.=20
We're sooo species-centric...
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