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February 22, 2005
Cyberterrorism does not exist
Singapore ramps up against cyberterrorism
(Begin Rant)
There is no such thing as cyber terrorism. Doesn't exist. It's simply a word people use to either extract grant money or raise taxes. This tendency to laber things as "terrorism" is really ridiculous and is fast making it a meaningless word. Let's break it down.
Terrorism... Terrorize... to bring terror to.
There is a reason the word "terror" is in the word. It does not mean, "make someone's life inconvenient", or "cause the loss of money", or "clog up your inbox with spam". Terrorism is the intentional attack on a civilian population with the intent to terrorize, or psychologically manipulate a civilian population.
There is no such thing as terrorism because people will not be wetting themself for anything that happens to their computer. Sure, inconvenient, perhaps in some cases, dangerous, but not terrorism.
When and until someone figures out how to send anthrax (and I mean the powder, not the next variant of Bagle) through e-mail, there is no cyberterrorism.
Posted by John Bambenek at February 22, 2005 7:34 AM
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