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  • From: Julie Waddle <jwaddle AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Stopping terrorism
  • Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:48:12 -0400


So, we're a bunch of smart people with diversified outlooks and
attitudes (and I, for one, am seriously torn between morals/concerns
about collateral damage and kicking ass). Why not bring something
productive out of this discussion?

I propose a thought exercise for this think-tank: a comprehensive plan
to address military, economic, religious and social components of the
terrorism problem. We already have a start on defining the problem: A
decentralized fanatical base that is willing to die (for their God and
country) in order to harm their enemies.

The next step would be to define the causes of this problem, citing
facts, stats (note: these are not considered facts for a reason),
personalities, social attitudes, etc.
Example:
Niblet 1) Taliban has made even informally educating a woman illegal
until separate facilities can be made, but few facilities are being
built. This may be analagous to making it illegal to teach a slave how
to read in America in the 1850s.
Impact: One segment of Afghanistan has both been targeted for
subordination and is being robbed of one tool for resistance
Solution: ?

Would internetworkers be interested in setting up a separate list to
discuss this? Maybe a document storage spot at Yahoo?

Some real think-tank will be doing this somewhere, but our techno slant
may come up with some interesting solutions...

julie "I'd get out of the digest, but there's too many messages..."
waddle





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