Maybe it's time to move the discussion of terrorism somewhere other than the Porsche 911 Technical Forum. Steve has every right to post his viewpoints for anyone who wants to read them. I, for one, have no interest in his perspective -- but would be happy to see him have the freedom to express his opinions in a forum more appropriate for it.
I've been very impressed by the level-headedness of a lot of the board members, during a time when it's been very difficult to do that. I've also been very alarmed by some of the members with more extreme views that this national scare has brought out of the board's woodwork.
Leland, John Walker, Saffs, Old Skul, and others -- guys with obviously different political vantage points -- have all shown a lot of intelligence and wisdom. No coincidence, I think, that they're also regular and helpful posters on this board.
Some of the other voices that have come out of this have had a largely negative impact. I'm sorry of we're losing Stef (a Porsche employee) because of kneejerk hysteria and schoolyard chest thumping.
Everybody's got a right to speak, but I think the time has come to get this forum focused back on 911 technical issues. There is no shortage of forums elsewhere on the net for the representatives of the fringe right to vent their views.
(The fringe left, it seems, is a group that doesn't drive 911s.)
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[This message has been edited by JackOlsen (edited 09-16-2001).]