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Originally Posted by Graham
"Maybe they didn't involve planes" is exactly the point!
These were "conventional" bomb attacks, yet everyone was throwing masses of money at preventing another September 11th.
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Doesn't mean they don't want to have another go with planes. I'd say from the effect it had they'd be very keen to do it again.
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No, actually that's the *strength* of that argument, ie that we will *not* be forced to dance to the terrorists' tune by throwing away our principles and rights because they are suddenly "inconvenient"!
That is what *makes* us civilised.
If we have to become what we hate in order to destroy it, we have *LOST*.
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I don't for one second believe that the terrorist are only after creating 'terror' (i.e. the fear) that drives us to do that.
Hence I think it is appropriate that our response is sufficiently rigorous to combat the threat.
It's not just the fear of terrorism we face, they're actually trying to kill us.