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But why not include "people's responses" as a direct consequence of the attack itself? Terrorists blow up a target and "people's responses" are going to be an
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
But why not include "people's responses" as a direct consequence of the attack itself?
Terrorists blow up a target and "people's responses" are going to be an attempt to flee the damage. Some of them will be hurt or killed doing so. Is that not ascribable to the terrorist attack itself? It seems arbitrary to exclude that.
e.g. if someone in the period before a hurricane decides not to evacuate and that person dies, we still ascribe their death to the hurricane.
The fact that people decide to rely on other, historically less safe, modes of transportation after an attack on airliners is somewhat predictable. Can we really write that additional risk off as "people's responses" and not part of the intention of the attack?
- Retric 8y agoA coworker was sitting at a large conference table when a giant wall of jet fuel came through the ceiling killing half the people in the room. Fleeing the building due to fire is a response to someone hitting the building with an airplane. Someone not flying six months later because of something they saw on TV is filtered through a long chain of other people. It’s hardly the saw thing.