Paul Campos, um, dresses down policy-making cowards in this awesome article from the Wall Street Journal. Not to steal his thunder, but the last paragraph is a big, big payoff in the denomination of common sense:
“Taking prudent steps to reasonably minimize the tiny threat we face from a few fanatic criminals need not grant them the attention they crave. Continuing to play Terrorball, on the other hand, guarantees that the terrorists will always win, since it places the bar for what counts as success for them practically on the ground.”
Thanks to Thoreau at Unqualified Offerings for pointing this out.
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The problem with Terrorball is that they keep moving the freaking goals. And a playfield the size of a planet is a lot to cover.
Yup. Talk about too big to fail!