Preventing terrorism

[sorrowmonkey]

How can we prevent terrorism?

So far, I really only three answers being discussed:

1. Don't prevent terrorism, it gets us what we want.
2. Find terrorists and shoot them.
3. Keep giving terrorists what they want until they're not unhappy anymore.

All of these choices have good points and bad points, however I don't see that any of them will actually prevent all terrorist activity. Obviously, there are a lot of side considerations as well.

One of my big complaints about all of the dialogue surrounding the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, etcetera, is that none of it addresses the real issue. People are concerned about the civil war in Iraq, and our losses there. The Afghani warlords, and our continuing inability to find Osama bin Laden seem more relevant, but still distract from the real issue. The Isrealis have been dealing with the terrorist attacks from the Palestinians for fifty years, but even today, suicide bombings still occur.

I don't want to wake up tomorrow to death squads, suicide bombings, or the like in my backyard. How do we prevent that? I don't think cameras or random bag searches are going to work. I don't think that intercepting international phone calls is going to work. I don't think that banning guns, explosives, or rocks is going to work. Some of those things may help, but at the end of the day, I really don't see any way to prevent angry people from doing bad things.

Any ideas?

Comments

[winterswitchery.livejournal.com]

I've been fond of the turn it into a huge parking lot approach.

But I often subscribe to the "Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw" approach lol

Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw

[kuzu-no-ha.livejournal.com]

Well... he never has the same problem twice.

and he goes..AHHHHHHHHHHADFHHAHAHAH


problem solved.

[nrawling.livejournal.com]

Yes, an unpleasant thought has been bouncing around in my head the last few days. The sad truth is that as horrific as genocide is, at some level, it works. If your major social problem/civil war/political program is a particular group, and you kill everyone in that group, the problem goes away (at least for a little while). I don't think it's a viable long term strategy (as the Mid-East is living proof), but in the short term (i.e. the lifetime of one psychotic dictator) it can really simplify your politics and terrify anyone else that disagrees with you.

I think the best strategy prevention of genocide is an armed society. Over and over again, we see genocides were one side has all the guns and the other doesn't. It doesn't matter how diplomatic, peaceful, and inclusive you are when you're shot through the head.