...is that it was just another day.

People keep pointing to big holidays. Why? Because there would be a better potential for casualties? But is that really the point?

Why should our holidays be marked on anyone else's calendars but our own?

There are plenty of opportunities every day where thousands of people are gathered together for run-of-the-mill reasons, when there is no heightened sense of attention and there is no routine increased police presence.

The anarchist terror that accompanied the end of the 19th century could teach us a lot if we paid attention. There were some big symbolic targets, but most of the attacks were random, in order to disrupt day-to-day life and undermine people's confidence in their neighbors.

That's why they call it "terror".

Happy New Year. :/

Regards--
Mary Anne