Each Murder Is One Too Many.

Osama Bin Laden, The Person, More Likely Serves The Function Of A Stand-in. Compare The New Terrorists With Partisans Or Conventional Terrorists In Israel. These People Often Fight In A Decentralized Manner In Small, Autonomous Units, Too.

Since Our Complex Societies Are Highly Susceptible To Interferences And Accidents, They Certainly Offer Ideal Opportunities For A Prompt Disruption Of Normal Activities.

All Affected Can Accept The Consequences And The Side Effects That [the Norm's] General Observance Can Be Anticipated To Have For The Satisfaction Of Everyone's Interests, And The Consequences Are Preferred To Those Of Known Alternative Possibilities For Regulation.

What Was New Was The Symbolic Force Of The Targets Struck. The Attackers Did Not Just Physically Cause The Highest Buildings In Manhattan To Collapse; They Also Destroyed An Icon In The Household Imagery Of The American Nation.

Technically Speaking, Since Our Complex Societies Are Highly Susceptible To Interferences And Accidents,they Certainly Offer Ideal Opportunities For A Prompt Disruption Of Normal Activities. These Disruptions Can, With Minimum Expense, Have Considerably Destructive Consequences. Global Terrorism Is Extreme Both In Its Lack Of Realistic Goals And In Its Cynical Exploitation Of The Vulnerability Of Complex Systems.