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April
2005
Volume 8 - Number 3 |
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My Perception of the Terrorism Threat By Will Haynes Honestly, I have no concept of what my level of threat is. I’d expect a similar response from someone who smokes, occasionally exceeds the speed limit, or drives without wearing a seatbelt. What is the risk of living freely? Except I feel that it’s more like being exposed to second-hand smoke from someone you live and love with, or being a passenger in a I feel overwhelmingly that the risk is out of my hands It’s like the lottery. One plays with the expectation of possibly winning millions, yet do we ever really expect to win? We’re never surprised when we don’t win, yet the possibility seems more real than factual statistics would ever indicate. We play based on our own individual perception of the possibility. My fear has made me the racist. I once trusted the intuition that I’ve spent every second of my 32 years building. I have to consider whether my own personal bible, the sum of my experiences and the forthcoming lessons-learned, have been tainted by mass media and polluted by programming. I ache for my Brita filter to give me the same false sense of purity about my information as it does about my tap water. I Not seeing the lead in my glass of water, makes it easier to drink. I wonder when they’ll start making Brita filters for the mind. Once, older man who’s judgment I respected told me that he would win if it were meant to be. However, if it were meant to be, it would happen regardless of the means he chose. |