[extropy-chat] fanatic anxietist

[spike]

Some yahoo tied up traffic for hours in LA this morning
by leading the cops on a OJ-esque low speed car chase
and holding a gun to his own head.  They had to close
Interstate 10, a main artery.  The economic damage done
by this stunt is difficult to even estimate.

We know of the big-time terrorists, Bin Ladin, Tim McVeigh
et.al.  Do let us hope the terrorists never realize that
they could tone down the attacks and compensate with
larger numbers.  They could do things that don't slay
or injure anyone, or even cause actual property damage, 
but rather merely block traffic, reducing the productivity
of a society.  They could feign remorse over a lost lover,
for instance and the courts would almost hafta just let them 
go, temporary insanity.

If newspeak for "terror" is "double plus fear," then 
they would go for double minus fear.  They would need 
to come up with a name other than terrorist.  Anxietist?  
Inconveniencist?  Oy.

spike