Terrorism

Terrorists don't play the rules of war. Basically, in war, whoever depletes the other guys resources first, wins. Terrorism does not strive to attempt that, they attempt to FUD the enemy. They can't win on the open battlefield, so the compete in the battlefield of the mind.

September the 11th is coming up, and we all know what anniversary that is. We've got a trip to a developer we are working with (who is not in NYC) and I booked the flights, unthinkingly, to depart on that day. After much hand-wringing, discussion of fears and talk of how family members might react, some proclaiming that they weren't afraid per se, but they could not really explain in words why they did not want to fly on that day. So we had to change the day. Fear wins. Terrorists win.

Maybe my disgust of this comes from being Australian. There are thousands of things that can sting, kill, main and eat you in Australia. You look at a beautiful beach, and you weigh the odds of a shark attack while you are out there. You look at the overgrown garden, and weigh the chances of a Redback bite. You go for a walk at night while camping, and you run the risk of drop bears. I look at the chances of my flight being attacked by terrorists in the same light, and decide if I'm going to let fear dictate my actions.

Fear, and terrorism, do not dictate my actions.

P.S. If there is ONE day in the year that security is going to be AIRTIGHT, it's 9/11.