re: #121 Nimed

This is just a horrible analogy. You’re comparing a very real damage with a mostly psychological one. The oil spill is an actual obstacle that prevents fishermen from doing their work. A terrorist attack isn’t for the vast majority of Americans.

You have quickly advanced, in your short time here, from “interesting new commenter” to top-of-the-charts idiot, Nimrod. At least in my books.

There was no need to ground all flights after 9/11. Absolutely none. We knew that within less than 24 hours. Tell me again how the “psychological” factor is negligible.

Terrorism depends entirely on psychology. You would have people not react as people. Maybe you’re a robot, but the rest of us aren’t. Or most of us aren’t. Well, some of us are not robots.

I was describing a desirable state of mind, not the actual one. You’re simply conflating the two, I’m not sure why.

May God forbid it should ever happen, but if someone you know gets blown up in the next terror attack on American soil, please take a week off and then come back and display your desirable Zen-like not-making-a-big-deal-out-of-it state of mind.