Comments on: I refuse to be afraid http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-almost-rc-9997 hourly 1 By: random visitor http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear/comment-page-1#comment-36774 random visitor Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:44:35 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear#comment-36774 <p>Probably worth pointing out that the really big major of human death (stuff like over exposure to the sun, or even traffic accidents) don't get much press -- these things are passe. It's the rare stuff that frightens people.</p> <p>A corollary is that terrorists tend to be most effective when they hardly ever do anything.</p> Probably worth pointing out that the really big major of human death (stuff like over exposure to the sun, or even traffic accidents) don’t get much press — these things are passe. It’s the rare stuff that frightens people.

A corollary is that terrorists tend to be most effective when they hardly ever do anything.

]]> By: Saltation http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear/comment-page-1#comment-34161 Saltation Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:59:38 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear#comment-34161 <p>in similar vein, i think you might really enjoy this year-old post of mine, written in my house on ground-zero of the london 7/7 bombs.</p> <p><a href="http://saltation.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_saltation_archive.html#112077648268952228" rel="nofollow">Why Terrorism Doesn't Work</a></p> in similar vein, i think you might really enjoy this year-old post of mine, written in my house on ground-zero of the london 7/7 bombs.

Why Terrorism Doesn’t Work

]]> By: Alex Schröder http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear/comment-page-1#comment-34040 Alex Schröder Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:47:54 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/24/refusefear#comment-34040 <p>I understand the sentiment, but at the end you are exagerating: There's no death penalty for stupidity, cowardice, ignorance, or weakness. And I like it that way. :)</p> <p>At WikiSym, an English chap was comparing people's and the government's reactions to the recent bombings in London with years long past when IRA bombs were exploding practically every week. Back then, people got so used to it, they just shrugged it of and waited for the street to be cleared of rubble and reopen.</p> I understand the sentiment, but at the end you are exagerating: There’s no death penalty for stupidity, cowardice, ignorance, or weakness. And I like it that way. :)

At WikiSym, an English chap was comparing people’s and the government’s reactions to the recent bombings in London with years long past when IRA bombs were exploding practically every week. Back then, people got so used to it, they just shrugged it of and waited for the street to be cleared of rubble and reopen.

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