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Oh, sure it does. The Nation survived 600,000 dead in the civil war; and, that was a much larger percentage of the population then.

Its one thing when someone you have never heard of in a city you've never seen or barely heard of is killed. I think its quite another when you watch them die on television 24 hours a day while everyone around you tells you its our own fault. Given recent events I would say the nation's tolerance for death has weakened somewhat since 1860.

Thats not really the point I'm making though. The point is that while we may be able to handle 100,000 this year, 200,000 in five year, 400,000 in seven years -- we shouldn't have to. We should solve the problem.

The country has three options:

Reduce freedoms in a constant effort to combat terrorism. This is like closing the ports of a firewall to stop hackers.
Fight abroad and proudly cling to our individual rights while a never ending battle against foreign invaders takes place and every so often we suffer massive casualties until the point comes when a bio-weapon is used and we suffer incredible casualties.
Destroy Islam. My favorite.

Any others I missed? They could now allow the freedoms we have to exist at the same moment that they are attempting to stop a lethal contagion. My God -- look what happened last year with the DC sniper when they stopped traffic and went car to car looking for him. That was just one guy killing someone every other day.

This is like closing the ports of a firewall to stop hackers.

Welcome to 2003, closing ports on a firewall doesn't stop hackers. Maybe in 1994 it did.

Destroy Islam. My favorite

Hmmm, my favorite, I'd like a large, with a cherry on top!