[Professor S]

I get the feeling that people here seem to think I am worried about terrorist attacks... thats is a LEAST of my worries. We are far beyond simple terrorist attacks, we are approaching a world dominated by those who use terrorist attacks to affect change. 9/11 was chump change compared to what I feel is on the horizon. I'll take suicide bombers any day over a world controlled by those that would use them.

And Stu, I'm sorry that you have a lfie threatening health condition, but you mentioned playing with your dog in the context of this conversation, not in that of you condition. I don't see why you should be upset with me over your own words used incorrectly. I wish you the best, but to use personal experience in a such a non-sequitur makes little sense. I hope you get better and soon.

Typhoid, I beg that you will actually read one of my posts completely before rebutting it.

1) I can accept others that think differently, but not lazy thinkers who have no care to learn anything about what they think about. I already made that clear earlier. I can re-post it for you if you like.

2) I never said I could personally control anything, but I'd rather try to affect change and encourage others to do so as well than to simply give up control and allow anyone to do what they will. As a group we CAN affaect change. All you have to do is care about anything other than what is directly in front of your face. I get the feeling you live a completely sheltered existence when you make comments like you do.

3) No, you can't completely control whether or not we get attacked again, but that doesn't mean we should just give up and say "screw it" either. We can affect change and slow terrorism if not stop it, and to say you can't is to become irrelevant, which is a very Canadian and european thing. I'd rather have American traits when it comes to these issues any day of the week. You wonder why America is such a force in the world? The rest of the world likes it that way. It keeps them from having to give a **** when they can just say "what is America going to do abou this?" soon followed with "my my, how America is ruining the world... tsk tsk". The rest of the world (excluding England and Australia) can chime in once they make their presence notable when it comes world security.

So go ahead, play the fiddle while Rome burns. Turn to obliviousness while those that want you dead gather strength around you. Just remember whay I've said here when your lives, laws and freedoms start to change during the next 10-50 years because no one had a spine to stand up to those that are ruthless and manipulative.

I'll be in Australia where their government is at least willing to say "no, this will not happen here" while you have a figurative gun pressed against the back of your heads. Why Australia? READ SOME ****ING NEWS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY. I'm tired of trying to talk sense to those that ignore anything that dares inconvenience them. Later.