When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Monday, October 08, 2001
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Rumors of War
Did you har about the woman who was warned away fromthe city in repayment for a kindness...? That story may go back to the Middle Ages
Rumors about terrorists who tip their hands to members of the general public aren't grounded in reality -- they are expressions of fear about events that might unfold told in story form. Through them, voice is given to a latent sense of inevitability that more harm is to come. In real life, terrorists do not share their plans with those who might or might not end up caught in them because the potential cost of a warning -- the disruption of their schemes -- is deemed far too high.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Rumors of War
Did you har about the woman who was warned away fromthe city in repayment for a kindness...? That story may go back to the Middle Ages
Rumors about terrorists who tip their hands to members of the general public aren't grounded in reality -- they are expressions of fear about events that might unfold told in story form. Through them, voice is given to a latent sense of inevitability that more harm is to come. In real life, terrorists do not share their plans with those who might or might not end up caught in them because the potential cost of a warning -- the disruption of their schemes -- is deemed far too high.
Palema
6:25 AM
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