There has been a "War on Drugs" for the last 15 or so years. There has been considerable erosion of citizens privacy and rights to fight this war. Downright draconian.
In this war, there is no clear cut enemy, either. The pushers come and go, only to have their place filled with new blood. Same with users. And exactly what rgmoore says applies here, too:
"There's no way of telling when they've all been caught [or] have given up, so there's no way to tell that the fight is over."
Now there is this new war, the war against terrorism. All of the ugliness and expense of the war on drugs will be revisited in a more intense, brutal, Orwellian version.
Let's say the critters get out of hand. Exponential growth - heat generated from metabolisis - then BOOM - spontaneous combustion. I wonder how'd you smell after that.
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There has been a "War on Drugs" for the last 15 or so years. There has been considerable erosion of citizens privacy and rights to fight this war. Downright draconian.
In this war, there is no clear cut enemy, either. The pushers come and go, only to have their place filled with new blood. Same with users. And exactly what rgmoore says applies here, too:
"There's no way of telling when they've all been caught [or] have given up, so there's no way to tell that the fight is over."
Now there is this new war, the war against terrorism. All of the ugliness and expense of the war on drugs will be revisited in a more intense, brutal, Orwellian version.
Kalen
I read "Burst-Test" and thought the headline was about condom QA/QC. Geeks have other hobbies, too!
Let's say the critters get out of hand. Exponential growth - heat generated from metabolisis - then BOOM - spontaneous combustion. I wonder how'd you smell after that.