Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Liberty: -- Issues -- Weapons of Mass Distraction Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:35:09 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:22:04 -0400, Werner Hetzner wrote: >=A0As has become painfully obvious in hindsight, a handful of= determined, >=A0clever and suicidal individuals can be WMD right in our= neighborhoods. >=A0It may also become obvious in hindsight that the traditional= WMD may >=A0not actually have existed in Iraq. That does not mean a handful= of >=A0determined, clever and suicidal individuals would not have been= allowed >=A0in Saddam's Iraq. So the conclusion is ? Bottom line , the world now sees us , accurately , as aggressive= liars . >=A0Hindsight is for historians. I don't particularly want to rely= on >=A0historians to stop future attacks. For that we need people= with >=A0foresight. We don't need liars , and that's what we've got . >=A0As for the Patriot Act, how many of us complain about the= police state >=A0at airports when we want to fly? Have you been flying ? It is total demeaning meaningless= horrendously expensive time wasting bullshit . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/10/12 9:28:25 PM