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> We are fortunate that terrorists, by and large, are dumb. How so? Drive a van into a crowd of people, and it's spread across the papers and people talk about
by vacri 9y ago
> We are fortunate that terrorists, by and large, are dumb.
How so? Drive a van into a crowd of people, and it's spread across the papers and people talk about it for ages. Cut regional power briefly and it's forgotten before next week.
- bsder 9y ago>> We are fortunate that terrorists, by and large, are dumb. > How so? Drive a van into a crowd of people, and it's spread across the papers and people talk about it for ages. Cut regional power briefly and it's forgotten before next week. Driving a van into a crowd of people is only local and the damage is contained. Cut regional power briefly is temporally local and damage is contained. There are far more permanent and non-localized things that a "smart" terrorist could do. Fortunately, there is almost always a much more useful way to put "smart" knowledge to use than terrorism.
- raisedbyninjas 9y agoPedestrians are walking around moving cars everywhere. Some number of people will be terrorized whenever they notice a car is not moving like they expect.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoTerrorists don't go for body count, they go for publicity.
- TillE 9y agoRight. I think it was Schneier who pointed to the DC sniper as one of the most efficient models of terrorism. Two guys with a car and a rifle paralyzed a city for weeks.