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Disposable Terrorists
Great proof that biometrics are mostly bullshit against “the terrorist threat”:
Biometrics target identity — but when militant groups advanced (or regressed) from reusable terrorists to disposable terrorists, identity became moot. Today the acute threat no longer comes from “known” terrorists. Recruits are groomed for a single terrorist act, during which they self-destruct. Before being deployed, disposable terrorists have usually done nothing. They’re “innocent” voyagers whose fingerprints and faces appear in no database. And after being deployed, they’re just a bloody mist gradually dispersing in the air.
Suicide-terrorists consider their lives worthless (no dispute there) but the biometrics of worthless individuals are also worthless. Like bees, disposable terrorists die as they sting — but unlike bees, they cannot be recognized for what they are until they’ve stung. Machines that compare faces and fingerprints are helpful against reusable terrorists who try to hide their identities, but a disposable terrorist doesn’t care if we know who he is.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Exactly. The thing that’s the same between two terror attacks is THE BOMB. A terrorist trying to self destruct without some kind of weapon is just like some drunk asshole at the bar or something. That’s why these security systems are nonsense at best, or filled with nefarious alternative goals at worst. All that airports need to worry about is technology that spots bomb chemicals and weapons, period. Nothing else matters.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
I have to return to this one, its just too good…The very idea of “disposable terrorists” is such a ridiculous invention. They are defined in the present tense as innocent people with no criminal history who don’t like their lives. That describes me and about 40% of the US population, and the “don’t like their lives” part generally means the poorer 40%, they wish (like me) they had a cooler job or whatever. Non-violent? No weapon? No connection to criminal or militant groups? No problem! “Disposable terrorists” don’t need these things because they are going to self destruct spontaneously, they don’t need weapons, they don’t need any history of violence.
I have no words for the stupidity of this.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Svenson,
you seem like a sharp guy. If you don’t like your life you can change it, instantly. Seriously, dude.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
What do mean, Ted?
October 27th, 2007 at 1:23 am
The choice of the word “disposable” in this context is quite interesting, I think. The author of the piece would appear to find the lives of the terrorists as worthless as they do. A charming attitude towards human life.
October 29th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Svenson,
I mean you can write down on a piece of paper what you think your life would be like if it were to be what you would consider “awesome” Get creative, flow with it, write down whatever you want.
Then a plan will come to you of how to get there. Follow it. Change your life instantly!
Ted
October 29th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
It takes more than writing down ideas and coming up with a plan for your life to change.