Terror Alert going back to Yellow

[Patches]

I won't link it because it is breaking news on CNN.com and Foxnews.com and there is not yet an article.

So, once again we were raised to orange, and nothing happened. I guess the question is why.

Were attacks actually secretly thwarted or were never going to occur in the first place? Is it possible the system is actually working? Did the government finally show us something other than ineptitude?

On the flipside, is it necessary to scare the hell out of us every few months? Is anyone actually more 'vigilant' during these alerts?

Discuss.

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[curtoid]

So, once again we were raised to orange, and nothing happened. I guess the question is why.

My guess is that someone(s) want to keep us on a perpetual state of freaked out (I will resist calling them terrorists too). Eventually this will have a Chicken Little effect, and when the next big attack does happen (like at shopping malls, as Mizzle predicted) we will really be caught off guard.

Imagine what orchestrated attacks at about 5 or 6 shopping malls across the United States? New Jersey, Arlington (Pentagon City), Los Angeles, Miami, The Mall of America, Denver? Maybe under 100 people actually get killed (maybe even less than 20), but the damage really would be in the fear that would instill in this country.

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[McNabbShouldDie]

For me, I could care less if the little bar was raised to red or whatever is the highest color. This terror alert thing honestly doesnt do anything for me nor do I think it does anything for anyone but scare them. I know of a couple people who get very scared when we get raised to orange, specifically my grandma.

Does this alert system really have to be public? There's got to be stuff that the goverment keeps secret, so why not this system? All it'sdoing is scaring the crap out of people.

But what do I know, I cant even vote yet.

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[furie]

Is anyone actually more 'vigilant' during these alerts?


yes

and NY will remain at orange. it hasn't gone down since the color coding went into effect. other cities may stay at orange as well.


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my company does. makes it a bigger pain for me to go through security here in the morning.

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Security is always tight in my building regardless of the threat level.

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This message was edited by AJinDC on 1-9-04 @ 10:37 AM

[curtoid]

I've worked in tighter security places than where I am now. They look in trunks when you drive in, but that's about it - nothing really seemed to changed since we went to Orange and now back.



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If you see that movie "Bowling For Columbine" it talks about scaring Americans and it was awesome 'cause Billy Murray, at the end of the movie, had a flower in his bowling ball and his hair was hysterical!

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Whew!
Guess I can take off my body armor and let the kidds go back outside.

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