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    but sometimes its best to see some type of decision being made then nothing at all.
    Nah , a badly thought out reaction can often have worse consequences than a proper one .
    The Reichstag fire is a prime example , but history is littered with other knee-jerk reactions that have been entirely counter productive , when the politicians felt the need to be seen to be doing something instead of thinking things through .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
    but sometimes its best to see some type of decision being made then nothing at all.
    Nah , a badly thought out reaction can often have worse consequences than a proper one .
    The Reichstag fire is a prime example , but history is littered with other knee-jerk reactions that have been entirely counter productive , when the politicians felt the need to be seen to be doing something instead of thinking things through .
    Like I said earlier, agreed - but look at the heat Mr. Bush took for his seeming inaction when the news about the Twin Towers being hit by airplanes reached him.

    Edit: There are other exambles in history where a lack of a visible decision process has negative effects on the events as well. The balance is a very fine line - the decision process should not be complete knee jerk reaction - but it could be along the lines of the Response of an immediate alert of the military and an activiation of the governmental emergency response. Basically the cataylist to bring about the reduction of shock in the civilian population is often just a few necessary simple decisions. Nothing that can not be stopped if it is deemed un-necessary after careful review of all the information.

    A simple decision that give re-assurance to the population that the government is on the job and that order will be restored before any action outside of that is taken.
    Last edited by Redleg; 11-05-2005 at 06:16.
    O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean

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    But that was momentary inaction , or more accurately complete bemusement (and not just over the difficulty of the words in the book )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
    But that was momentary inaction , or more accurately complete bemusement (and not just over the difficulty of the words in the book )
    Well you should of seen my face when I saw the news - I don't image I was much more prepared for the news of that event then the President. The problem was that I didn't have a camera in my face - when the news was given to me.

    The individual who gave that news should of motioned the President out from under the glare of the camera.

    But I am sure they were just as shocked about the events as the rest of us.
    O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean

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    Schools..Especially universities..

    Retired old guys who have relatives or friends working at faculty's deanery or something apply for a security officer's job there and get recruited.. What they may be protecting us from is only tea surplus.. They drink it so much that Turkey's macro economical structure is grateful to them for preventing it.

    Sinful students who may be thinking or believing in anything that is an infidel's deed and those places where Qoran is not obliged for teaching..

    Enough excuses, simple targets and effective actions..

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    Terrorism often works better when it is lower scale and less horrific, it is the gradual drip, drip, drip that will get change.
    That is the kind of terrorism I fear the most. When terrorists aim for monuments we know what to guard. It is the terrorists who detonate bombs that kill 5 people. But they detonate one every day. And they do it on a crowded city street, a train at rush hour. Then uncertanty comes into play and you start questioning if you're safe steping outside.
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    In denmark, possibly one of our bridges. More specifically, the one connecting Fyn with Seeland. Or the little mermaid
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
    AdrianII, I'm joining your organization..
    That makes two of us. I say, let's split over some ideological difference.

    Since when do true revolutionaires take two lumps of sugar in their tea?!
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