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On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 10:22 +0100, Aaron Trevena wrote: > There are a lot of major failures though - from failing to react to > the planes deviating from their course, to not evacuating people from > an area full of toxic dust, to putting people in a building they can't > escape from in the event of disaster. The most important failures are not to recognise the strength of feeling stimulated by events largely within the control of our governments and the desire to meet overwhelming force with something small numbers can accomplish, however horrible. I.E. we are part of the problem and could easily be considered to be causes of it. Terrorism is a symptom of deeper issues which must be addressed. Chomsky has given an account of such as why Germany was kept divided even though Stalin offered reunification long before it actually happened. Worth a read. > -- > http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk > LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting > -- James Kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html