Tired, cranky, and hacked off
After several weeks of working insane overtime and being basically disconnected from the world at large, these two blog entries just about cover how I feel about the recent airline bombing plot and terrorism in general:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2 006/08/terrorism_secur.html
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/08/wa it-arent-you-scared.html
Kudos to the responsible and competent civil agencies who tracked these terrorists for a YEAR and then busted them with good police work.
Suck it up people. As long as we keep over-reacting to this crap, BOTH the terrorists and our own home-grown rights-stealing authoritarians will win.
Bonus cartoon: http://www.wondermark.com/d/220.htm l
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/08/wa
Kudos to the responsible and competent civil agencies who tracked these terrorists for a YEAR and then busted them with good police work.
Suck it up people. As long as we keep over-reacting to this crap, BOTH the terrorists and our own home-grown rights-stealing authoritarians will win.
Bonus cartoon: http://www.wondermark.com/d/220.htm
