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Originally Posted by danielf
I agree that muslim fundamentalism (you didn't single out fundamentalists)
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Err.. Yeah I did. Second line in that quote. "Al Qaeda and other islamic fundamentalists". Actually, that should read terrorists. People can be fundamentalist, even to the point of preaching hate, without actually participating acts of terror.
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Originally Posted by danielf
And that is precisely the type of mass panic I would like to see avoided.
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Trouble is mate, When it does happen (and it will eventually), if noone is prepared, then the mass panic will be amplified. Forewarned is forearmed, and all that. Apparently, when we ran that terrorist attack drill at Bank station, we all did terrible. I think everyone should know what to do well in advance, but it would be tricky to get it out into the public domain, without people assuming there will be an attack the next day. I think the government missed a prime opportunity with that terrorist attack drill.
In America (although I haven't seen it recently when I was last over there), Tom Ridge used to come on TV quite a lot and gave people sound advice to prepare for an attack. Nothing to paranoia-inducing, just sensible advice to minimise personal injury.