Every Man a Terrorist

by Joe Pulcinella

As was mentioned in the previous post, it's really not so hard to get on the wrong side of terrorism these days. Just ask David Banach:

David Banach was showing his daughter a common laser pointer that he had purchased on the Internet, said attorney Gina Mendola Longarzo. Longarzo said she met with Banach on Saturday.

"At one moment he was in the backyard playing with his daughter," said Longarzo, "and 10 minutes later 12 police cars descended and he was whisked away by authorities and interrogated until 4 a.m."

Banach was taken from his Pitman Road home Friday by state, local and federal authorities investigating the shining of green lasers onto aircraft flying over the region.

The government's "War on " has many repercussions. One of which is the way it makes law enforcement have to hold its finger on the trigger indefinitely. Banach may have gotten off with relative ease but the same cannot be said for Amadou Diallo.

Posted 1/4/2005 11:38:35 AM by Joe Pulcinella

They are really scared, and clutching at straws now. We are one terror strike away from utter paranoia, at the level of Cold War Russia or even Nazi Germany. We need to realize this so that when it happens, we the people call them on their ultimate impotence, and we do not go along.

Posted 1/5/2005 8:40:15 AM by Vince Daliessio