A man who needs a healthy dose of perspective...
...preferably in the form of a 2x4 across the back of the skull:
The Rev. John R. Odams, pastor of Pilgrim Church, United Church of Christ, in Boston's Dorchester section, said he wasn't worried [about the the dirty bomb threat to Boston]."Emotional terrorism is probably a greater threat to us," he said as he waited for a train. "We need to look at the bigger picture.
"It seems there are so many other dangers in our society that end up getting ignored — housing, homelessness, poverty — that are in some ways more threatening," Odams said. (Emphasis added.)
So, never mind the good news that they caught one of the Chinese nationals who might be part of the plot to set off a dirty bomb in Boston. Because all these "warnings" and "announcements that terrorists have been captured" don't solve the real problem.
Emotional Terrorism.
Emotional terrorism is a greater threat than a dirty bomb going off in Boston? Really? How? Because people will die of anxiety? Heart attacks? Because they can't handle the fact that there are, in fact terrorists, who are plotting to take out as many of us as they can?
I discovered this week that there are real live actual people who don't think Al Qaeda actually exists. One of my coworkers said this in the middle of a debate we were having.
I asked him, who do you think took out the twin towers? He responded, "Who benefitted the most?" I said, "What, Israel?"
He says, "All I'm saying is that Halliburton stood to gain millions from an invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. They used this fear to get people's minds off the economy and steal the 2002 and 2004 elections. If 'Al Qaeda' hadn't attacked, you wouldn't see George Bush being inaugurated tomorrow."
Sure. But don't ever get him to admit that he thinks BushCheneyHalliburtonSatan organized it. Because, shit, that would cause his head to explode from officially going off the deep end into the abyss of frickin' psyhosis.
Emotional terrorism is a greater threat than actual terrorism. Tell that to the 3000 people who were vaporized and/or crushed and/or burned alive in one square New York block that day. Tell it to their families.
Emotional terrorism. Something that obviously affects these moonbat idiots in greater number than it could ever affect the rest of us. The rest of us, in the reality-based community, that is.
Try the kool-aid, guys. It can't be any worse than the stuff you're taking now.
Oh, right. Hat-tip-thingy to Ace.
Posted by Matt at January 22, 2005 5:21 PM
