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To: Diddle E. Squat
And overreactions like shutting down the schools just make the sniper tactic more appealing to terrorists, and thus more likely.

Well put. This sniper might not even be related to terrorists. However, you can bet that if they aren't involved this time, terrorist groups like Al Qaida are now going "Hmmmmm." If they can organize the simultaneous hijacking of four 767's and crash them into our skyscrapers and government buildings, you bet they can quickly develop and deploy some sniper teams now that they know how effective it can be. Sure, some of them will get caught, but they don't seem to be all that concerned about dying for the cause.

Some may reason that it does no harm shutting down the schools for just one day. But that is misguided thinking. The sniper will just wait an extra day if he is determined to make the school his next target. Hell, the sniper just got done waiting five days. So what are we going to do? Shut the schools down on Tuesday too? Then he'll just wait until Wednesday. And so on.

Well anyway, I hope the sniper is caught tomorrow and I look like a jackass.

115 posted on 10/20/2002 8:21:51 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
However, you can bet that if they aren't involved this time, terrorist groups like Al Qaida are now going "Hmmmmm."

Absolutely. And if not AQ, it'll be PETA or others.

123 posted on 10/20/2002 8:24:48 PM PDT by Elenya
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To: SamAdams76
So what are we going to do? Shut the schools down on Tuesday too? Then he'll just wait until Wednesday. And so on.

I'm afraid that some would just close the schools down for the long term.

I would guess that in this same period, about ten-times more children have been run down by cars in VA then shot at, but hey, maybe we can just keep them indoors until they are old enough to hide in their own houses?

136 posted on 10/20/2002 8:32:50 PM PDT by BuddhaBoy
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