re: "What if they are blowing smoke?" Who is the "they" in your sentence?

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gbaikie — 9/3/2004 4:58:42 AM (archived)

"If I was of a mind, I could easily cause forest fires, train derailments, water poisonings, smuggling of evil stuff by sea, refinery explosions and fires, power supply interruptions, insanely powerful (though large) bombs made of chicken-shit and diesel fuel... So can they if they want."

You are missing the point. The point is, can you cause other people to go out and do this?
Can you get these people cheaply and in large numbers?

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The terrorists that did nothing in the nighttime. - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2004 6:52:35 PM
- good question - R.L. - 9/2/2004 12:18:25 PM
- Your ignoring the implications of the recent Russian suicide hijackings. - Gary - 9/1/2004 11:34:34 PM
- re: A label - Raoul - 9/1/2004 9:27:13 PM
  - Interesting observation... - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2004 10:37:41 PM
    - re: Interesting observation... - gbaikie - 9/2/2004 5:27:22 AM
- WTC was preventable, and seemingly so is any other complex plot. - Bowser - 9/1/2004 7:45:50 PM
  - Ditto Pearl Harbor, Little Big Horn, etc. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/1/2004 11:06:25 PM
- You could be right - FrankC - 9/1/2004 7:43:55 PM
- My Theory... - Scott Evil - 9/1/2004 7:41:57 PM
- re: The terrorists that did nothing in the nighttime. - Larry J - 9/1/2004 7:33:18 PM
  - Unfortunately... - Robert - 9/2/2004 3:59:02 AM
    - Conversely - Larry J - 9/2/2004 7:54:57 PM
    - Taking a line from FDR, I see. - Mary Anne - 9/2/2004 1:12:49 PM
      - Oh yes - Robert - 9/2/2004 3:23:00 PM
        
        That was wonderfully stated - Art Martin - 9/2/2004 5:07:30 PM
    - re: Fear is being used by both Bush and Bin Laden - Chris Vancil - 9/2/2004 7:04:12 AM
    - Agreed. Definitely a balancing act. - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 5:22:10 AM
- re: "What if they are blowing smoke?" Who is the "they" in your sentence? - alcaray - 9/1/2004 7:23:44 PM
  - re: "What if they are blowing smoke?" Who is the "they" in your sentence? - gbaikie - 9/3/2004 4:58:42 AM
    - You are ignoring what I wrote - alcaray - 9/3/2004 4:49:05 PM
  - The 9-11 attacks took a bit more than what you said - Larry J - 9/1/2004 7:45:12 PM
    - According to the 911 Commission, the cost was about $500K (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/1/2004 11:05:22 PM
    - no kidding (n/t) - alcaray - 9/1/2004 10:50:24 PM
- re: The terrorists that did nothing in the nighttime. - REB - 9/1/2004 7:18:54 PM

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