The problem at the moment is that the attacks are not being perpetrated by organised groups of Jihadists under instruction from the Al Queda head office in Pakistan, but rather, these "home grown" terrorists will just have what they think is a great idea for a terror attack, and they do it off their backs without letting their intentions be known outside of their immediate co-conspirators.
For the authorities, this is a lot more difficult to detect and deter. In most "organised" attacks the authorities will have detected a threat over a period of time, (like the foiled train bombing in Canada this week) but the logistics of these "one off" attacks like the Boston Marathon Bombing can be concluded in as little as just few hours, and can go "under the radar", as this one did.
I think all the "Wannabe" Jihadists in the US have realised that this is something that any would be martyr can achieve with some degree of success, so without sounding like an alarmist, I can see more attacks of this nature at any event where "Infidels" assemble, and it doesn't need to be a big event like the Boston Marathon. I can see attacks at markets, swap meets, church services, local sporting events, Veterans Day parades, any medium to large crowd with minimal security will be hard for the loonies to resist............ Cheers, Terry.
As usual you bring up a good point Mate.
Here is a big problem in the making. More people will die of Bee Stings this year than from terrorist attacks. You have a better chance of being hit by a car crossing the street than being killed by a terrorist attack. You once pointed out Red cars get in more accidents simply because there are more Red cars on the road.
These random incidents can be exploited by people who wish to increase the active surveillance of the general population, monitoring emails, phone calls etc.
I know that my plate is captured several times on the way to work. Tomorrow I will go to a Rail yard on business and my car will be searched on the way in. I will be recorded most of the day, for some reason knowing that makes me scratch my balls a lot.
My point is, there is no safe place. Safety is a illusion. I do not want my privacy on a daily basis to also become an illusion on account of a bigger illusion. I have a concealed weapons permit which I rarely use, since that is also a false sense of security. I can take out an armed man as easily as an unarmed man if I work it right.
I am not sure I wish to lose any right to privacy I may have left for something that could happen.
