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>>Quibble: the terrorists don't want your life, they want your attention, and more specifically, your panicky attention. Silly quibble- same difference, there
by voidlogic 14y ago
>>Quibble: the terrorists don't want your life, they want your attention, and more specifically, your panicky attention.
Silly quibble- same difference, there are few things better for getting "panicky attention" than randomly taking lives or maiming people.
I agree with your other points.
- vbuterin 14y agoNot really. If a maximizing murder has a choice between a quiet but effective means of killing people and a loud but ineffective one, they will go for the former. A terrorist will go for the latter. Guess which category bombs fall into.
- voidlogic 14y ago>>maximizing murder has a choice between a quiet but effective means of killing people and a loud but ineffective one Not really, it has nothing to do with being effective or loud, they go for the option that spreads the most terror... For example poison city water supply or send letter bomb. The flasher option here spreads less terror. The goal of a terrorist is to force political change though terror.