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Earl Faubion (efaubion@ionet.net) said:

}I'll be fair here... I live and work in OKC and was downtown last
}April 19th  so my opinions are shaped by some rather searing personal
}experiences.  Nonetheless I believe I'd still feel the same way had
}the bombing been in Chicago or Omaha or Columbus.

It's good to see somebody be up front about their motivations and feelings
for a change. Coincidentally, I happen to reside in Columbus.  The local
government became very paranoid. They removed all public parking from the
Statehouse and a few other locations. I'm uncertain if it's been restored
as yet, but I do know that people were making a fuss about it just a few
month's ago. (Don't go downtown in the daylight unless I absolutely have
to.) Did that stop the potential for terrorism? No.

How does one stop the suicide bomber? He has no fear of death. Indeed,
it's his goal. How does one stop a gentleman with a pound of thermite from
just nonchalantly walking into an elevator and pressing the button? As 
another has mentioned, you'd think the Israelies would have that down to 
a science. Yet...

Another scenerio: How does one stop a child flying a kite? A kite to which
a small package has been attached. A package releasable and/or
detontatable via radio control. Do we make public rallies illegal, or
merely kite flying? Who knows, that might be the way the next world leader
is killed off. Blown to bits with a kite-bomb whilst cutting a ribbon for
some new statue. 

There's prudence, and then there's paranoia. Trust me, if you really want
me to, I can make one paranoid. (Which brings to mind another potential
law: Making it illegal to make people paranoid. Oh the nation's comedians
will love that one!)

}The point is that while the current bill may or may not be good, it
}simply won't do to sit back and do nothing or OKC is bound to be only
}the first in a string of such incidencts and, believe me, you don't
}want this happening in your town.

I don't know. Certian structures, housing certain politicians might not be
minded. (We could start with Washington D.C.) But, that's just the voice
of a person fed up with political BS. Speaking of which, what would the
financial repercussions of this proposed law be? Considering the fact that
we can't even get the nation's airbags to agree that the budget should not
only be balanced, but that the debt should be paid off, why should this
bill be placed before them? Is one to beleive that the implementation of
it would cost nothing? (I have some real estate in Northern Lapland with a
terrific view of the Adriatic Sea if you beleive that.)


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