The goal of terrorism is not to crash planes, or even to kill people; the goal of…

The goal of terrorism is not to crash planes, or even to kill people; the goal of terrorism is to cause terror. … But terrorists can only do so much. They cannot take away our freedoms. They cannot reduce our liberties. They cannot, by themselves, cause that much terror. It’s our reaction to terrorism that determines whether or not their actions are ultimately successful. That we allow governments to do these things to us — to effectively do the terrorists’ job for them — is the greatest harm of all.

–Bruce Schneier as quoted at http://www.contriving.net/link/e2 (which I've been sharing a few quotes from)

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Fifty States of Fear
Is our government trying to minimize our worries about terrorism, or manipulating them to consolidate its power?

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