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Re: We are letting the terrorists win
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 18:25:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> This weeks headlines
> Cancelled events
> Cancelled sporting events
> Sportspeople reluctant to travel
> People reluctant to attend events
> Insurers refusing to cover the Soccer World Cup
> Insurance rates soaring
> People reluctant to travel
> Consumers not spending
> Dramatic slump in house prices
> Confidence shattered.
> etc, etc, etc
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> Publically everyone might support the war on terrorism, but clearly privately fear is allowing the terrorists to win.
> As usual everyone is happy to see the soldiers go to war, whilst they hide behind the curtains.
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> If normal people want to defeat terrorism, then the least they could do is get on with normal life instead of running
> scared.
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> Get on that plane
> Go to that event
> Consume like crazy
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> lawrence
I will be getting on planes this Autumn - several of them. But I admit to being
a little bit nervous flying out of Baltimore.
james
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| (...) being (...) Interesting a lot of people are nervous (understandably) about flying in planes, but no-ones mentioned other mass-transit (buses, trains) which could be used with fair efficiency (even if maybe not quite so spectacular) for similar (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| This weeks headlines Cancelled events Cancelled sporting events Sportspeople reluctant to travel People reluctant to attend events Insurers refusing to cover the Soccer World Cup Insurance rates soaring People reluctant to travel Consumers not (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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