Comments on: The Future of Terrorism http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Michael http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380661 Michael Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:57:53 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380661 Given that the government will likely bail many of these homeowners out (as I recall, they and/or the insurance companies have done so in the past), the question echoing through my mind is why we aren't doing more to either keep people from rebuilding in that area, or mandating fire-resistant construction? Oh yeah, they're rich. . . Given that the government will likely bail many of these homeowners out (as I recall, they and/or the insurance companies have done so in the past), the question echoing through my mind is why we aren’t doing more to either keep people from rebuilding in that area, or mandating fire-resistant construction?

Oh yeah, they’re rich. . .

]]> By: Mark http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380600 Mark Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:39:27 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380600 I thought MeCha (a more militant Aztlan) took responsibility. Whoever did it, they should have hit the water supply through the aqueduct feeding LA from the north. I thought MeCha (a more militant Aztlan) took responsibility. Whoever did it, they should have hit the water supply through the aqueduct feeding LA from the north.

]]> By: Brent Grace http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380589 Brent Grace Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:56:58 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380589 Fire is highly unpredictable. Forest fires depend on certain weather conditions (e.g. high winds, lack of rainfall, ect) and it might be difficult to plan exactly when and where the exact conditions will exist. I guess you could just toss a random road flare into a random pile of brush each day, but every time you do that you increase the chance that someone sees you and you wind up sitting in prison wondering where it all went wrong. In a similar vein you run the risk of having the fire successfully extinguished before it gets very far, which will also spark an arson investigation which could put L.E. on your case and impede future (more effective) terrorist attacks. And even if the fire gets going, it's difficult to prove that YOU (your organization or whatever) actually did it. Now that I think about it, the only way it really works well is if you start the fire, leave plenty of evidence, and make sure you get caught (they're willing to die for the cause anyway). My .02? If you want to do a G.G. style attack you get a far better bang/buck ratio taking out a key point in the power grid. In any case, I think a good terrorist wants to keep his or her head down until they're fairly certain you have a decent shot of doing some damage and letting everyone know that the event was not a natural disaster. Fire is highly unpredictable. Forest fires depend on certain weather conditions (e.g. high winds, lack of rainfall, ect) and it might be difficult to plan exactly when and where the exact conditions will exist. I guess you could just toss a random road flare into a random pile of brush each day, but every time you do that you increase the chance that someone sees you and you wind up sitting in prison wondering where it all went wrong. In a similar vein you run the risk of having the fire successfully extinguished before it gets very far, which will also spark an arson investigation which could put L.E. on your case and impede future (more effective) terrorist attacks. And even if the fire gets going, it’s difficult to prove that YOU (your organization or whatever) actually did it. Now that I think about it, the only way it really works well is if you start the fire, leave plenty of evidence, and make sure you get caught (they’re willing to die for the cause anyway).

My .02? If you want to do a G.G. style attack you get a far better bang/buck ratio taking out a key point in the power grid. In any case, I think a good terrorist wants to keep his or her head down until they’re fairly certain you have a decent shot of doing some damage and letting everyone know that the event was not a natural disaster.

]]> By: PJ Blount http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380586 PJ Blount Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:33:46 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380586 It lacks the drama that a terrorist attack needs. While it is out of control it seems controllable. Terrorism preys on sudden, unexpected attacks that scare everyone, instead of just people in a certain local. In other words, it lacks terror for those of us not directly affected. It lacks the drama that a terrorist attack needs. While it is out of control it seems controllable. Terrorism preys on sudden, unexpected attacks that scare everyone, instead of just people in a certain local. In other words, it lacks terror for those of us not directly affected.

]]> By: Tim Harris Blog » Blog Archive » Why aren’t the fires linked to terrorism ? http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380585 Tim Harris Blog » Blog Archive » Why aren’t the fires linked to terrorism ? Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:18:25 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380585 [...] read an interesting post this morning commenting on the plausability of the current CA fires being linked to terrorists and why [...] [...] read an interesting post this morning commenting on the plausability of the current CA fires being linked to terrorists and why [...]

]]> By: Tim Harris Blog http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380584 Tim Harris Blog Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:09:18 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/the-future-of-terrorism/#comment-380584 [...] read an interesting post this morning commenting on the plausability of the current CA fires being linked to terrorists and why [...] [...] read an interesting post this morning commenting on the plausability of the current CA fires being linked to terrorists and why [...]

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