Article

2005-01-26 Home Front: WoT

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-26 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Even given that a bioweapon would be seriously difficult to manufacture and deploy, it could still have a major psychological effect. I think that any bioweapon would function like a dirty nuke: not all that dangerous in and of itself, but possibly leading to lethal panic among the uninformed. Usage in a subway system or a heavily trafficked public building -- say, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum during the summer months -- coupled with an announcement to the public about what was done could lead to stampedes and the like.

Posted by Jonathan 2005-01-26 11:27:38 AM|| [http://www.workaround.blogspot.com] 2005-01-26 11:27:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 More long term, you would have a divergance of opinion regarding ground zero issues. Was it an isolated "no big deal" event for those not impacted early or a more than subtle "I ain't shopping at that Walmart anymore"? Would business in the nebulous decontamination zone have to relocate by necessity, or just because all of their customers are going to other places. What about your housing value? If a little mold can screw up a house closing deal, what about the uncertainty over the longer term effects of having an event in your major metropolitan area? Money lenders do not like uncertainty, and there is plenty of it in this scenario. Pity the bastard that just closed on his dream home the week before.

Posted by Capsu78 2005-01-26 3:29:31 PM|| 2005-01-26 3:29:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Frankly, the next terror attack seems far more likely to be small arms fire in a densely crowded open public space, maybe a dozen or two dozen fascists doing the firing. Probably at a mall or in a subway.

Posted by lex 2005-01-26 3:43:27 PM|| 2005-01-26 3:43:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 You got it Lex or perhaps a parade of some sort.

Posted by Shipman 2005-01-26 7:27:29 PM|| 2005-01-26 7:27:29 PM|| Front Page Top

00:11 2xstandard
23:56 trailing wife
23:51 Frank G
23:47 GK
23:18 Frank G
23:16 Sobiesky
23:12 Frank G
23:12 Seafarious
23:07 Frank G
23:07 Frank G
23:06 Old Patriot
23:02 Jame Retief
22:59 Sobiesky
22:57 Old Patriot
22:54 Raj
22:53 Dishman
22:50 Frank G
22:48 Frank G
22:43 Raj
22:41 whitecollar redneck
22:37 Bomb-a-rama
22:29 Phil Fraering
22:28 John Q. Citizen
22:27 Robert Crawford