Thursday, July 08, 2004
Becuase they are getting not smaller
Here is a response from the yahoo message boards concerning the story about Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge warning us that there is reliable evidence that Al Queda is mounting an attack to disrupt the upcoming presidential elections atpost.news.messages.yahoo.com
A crude mistake that the US is continuing to make in underming the Al Queda network
Among the reasons:
1.they are stronger in terms of moral ethics. Again this is looked at from a Neitschean perspective
2. They are on the other end of the digital divide-not having been left out. Remember the concept of the digital divide which no one seems to buy is that it overembraces many issues including violence, civil rights, civil liberties, social policy and so on
3. From this is a crowding out of the physical world by the virtual world. One can go on further and say that there is a post institutional effect in which physical instituions are fast being replaced by virtual institutions
4.Another way of looking at things borrowing from Anthony Giddens excellent book 'Beyond the Left and Right' that nature doesn't exist as we know it. To put this all together you have a lot of mobility of labor, people, goods and the like to keep things going. Hence the definiton of what globalization is. The idea that borders can be kept up and maintain secure is naivete in its strongest form.
5. From all of this is borrowing from Isabel Paterson's concept of the 'The God of the Machine' there is just a built of energy that must constantly be release fueling itself into war and catastrophes.
So if the Al Queda or its protege let us say attack the DNC any time soon it would be a matter of underestimating these concepts that influence people to do the things they do. Remember advance technology doesn't always have to developed or perfected in the US and part of the idea of understanding what technology is the forces and the events that reacts against it, fueling the debate and giving added meaning to advance technologies. The ability of Bin Laden to hide and remain elusive towards the US is afterall in some shape or form a technological breakthrough itself. Thus if it can happen in Afghanistan and in Bahdad, then it can easily happens here. Welcome everybody to the 21st Century.
Here is a response from the yahoo message boards concerning the story about Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge warning us that there is reliable evidence that Al Queda is mounting an attack to disrupt the upcoming presidential elections atpost.news.messages.yahoo.com
A crude mistake that the US is continuing to make in underming the Al Queda network
Among the reasons:
1.they are stronger in terms of moral ethics. Again this is looked at from a Neitschean perspective
2. They are on the other end of the digital divide-not having been left out. Remember the concept of the digital divide which no one seems to buy is that it overembraces many issues including violence, civil rights, civil liberties, social policy and so on
3. From this is a crowding out of the physical world by the virtual world. One can go on further and say that there is a post institutional effect in which physical instituions are fast being replaced by virtual institutions
4.Another way of looking at things borrowing from Anthony Giddens excellent book 'Beyond the Left and Right' that nature doesn't exist as we know it. To put this all together you have a lot of mobility of labor, people, goods and the like to keep things going. Hence the definiton of what globalization is. The idea that borders can be kept up and maintain secure is naivete in its strongest form.
5. From all of this is borrowing from Isabel Paterson's concept of the 'The God of the Machine' there is just a built of energy that must constantly be release fueling itself into war and catastrophes.
So if the Al Queda or its protege let us say attack the DNC any time soon it would be a matter of underestimating these concepts that influence people to do the things they do. Remember advance technology doesn't always have to developed or perfected in the US and part of the idea of understanding what technology is the forces and the events that reacts against it, fueling the debate and giving added meaning to advance technologies. The ability of Bin Laden to hide and remain elusive towards the US is afterall in some shape or form a technological breakthrough itself. Thus if it can happen in Afghanistan and in Bahdad, then it can easily happens here. Welcome everybody to the 21st Century.
# posted by Jamie @ 5:05 PM 
