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Date Posted: 21:39:30 11/09/99 Tue
Author: Max
Subject: An opportunity I could not pass up
In reply to: AM 's message, "Help me with this, please." on 20:54:14 11/06/99 Sat

>
>
> I’m writing this from scratch, again, I’ve posted
> these ideas before, on several forums, and
> received little response. This thing stays on my mind
> because, for me, it serves as the most
> potent example of what this new environment means.
> Knowledge is power, old cliché I know, but
> never really true until now.
>
> Biological warfare. All the physical stuff you need to
> kill massive numbers of people can be
> purchased locally with no problem. Knowledge is all
> you need to be capable of killing as many
> people as can be killed with a nuke. And if you know
> enough, you can design the bio-bomb to
> target a specific biological cohort.
>
> I’m not sure that this is true. I don’t even recall
> what I read that got me thinking on this. But,
> if it is true then the power to destroy, that was a
> monopoly of the state, is now within the reach of
> a rapidly increasing number of individuals. Just
> regular folks, with knowledge, are becoming
> very, very dangerous.
>
> Am I wrong about this ?
>
> Please tell me if you think I am, I don’t know enough
> to argue with you.
>
>
>
> Am I right ?
>
> If even most folks were libertarian I would see this
> massive empowerment of individuals as a
> very positive thing. I tend to think is a very
> positive thing anyway, but it scares me, when I let
> myself think about it. How can we prepare for just any
> ole Joe Blow going postal at that scale ?
>
>
> What do you think ?
>
> AM

Ah, a chance for me to spread some of my own propaganda. (I can't pass it up, sorry!). I am of the belief that we are definitely capable of such mass destruction, but we are overlooking where the source of it is. Children have been consistently overlooked in policy in the United States. Many see them as resilient, others just don't hear their tiny voices (of which they have none when it comes to the dollar or the ballot). Things are going to blow up in our faces because we don't pay attention to the environment these kids are growing up in. Perhaps Littleton times 10 or 100, I don't know. But the little people, who will get this bio warfare info, or something similar, and do somthing with it is the element of the equation that we need to look at. Thre are a lot of pieces: i.e. lack of infant care, lack of maternity leave, etc... OK, enough preaching. Thanks for letting me vent. I can see myself getting reamed out for this one. ahhh... owel.
Max

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