Reply #22: No matter how much you succeed in making terror events rarer,... [View All]

there will never be a time when there are no lethal acts of terrorism. No matter how rare lethal acts of terrorism may become, those that do occur--however few--are not well described as a "nuisance." The threat is not one that should consume us, due to its low probability (which can be made lower yet with wise policies of the kind Kerry advocates), so I see the sense of "nuisance" there, but the awfulness of those acts of terror that do and always will occur, make "nuisance" a poor word choice in my view. Bush and his political team were nasty shits to demagogue Kerry's words there, making him out to be a softheaded pacifist in denial regarding terror rather than give him credit for what he meant, the context of his remarks, and his record and proposals, but the Bushies/Roves are who they are, and it pays to "speak defensively" when you're up againt them.