The Laughing Wolf

News Flash: Possible Bioterrorism

For those who have not seen the news recently, like myself until a few minutes ago, there has been a white powder found in possibly two envelopes at a mail distribution center in Washington state. The preliminary tests have indicated a biotoxin.

Okay everyone, deep breath. Preliminary tests often give false positives. They are designed that way. Better to take precautions because of a false positive than to get a false negative and take no precautions. Same basic philosophical principle that is behind bomb bay doors being designed fail open, and why one should be very careful moving through the bomb bay.

If this is indeed an attack of some kind, the real question is what type of toxin was used, and why. The who really does not matter. All that matters is that they are hunted down and killed. Period.

Anyone who would do this is a poisoner, plain and simple. They are poisoning their victims, and they are poisoning society. The original texts of the Christian Bible decreed Suffer not a poisoner to live. This got mistranslated -- accidentally or deliberately depending on who you talk to -- into Suffer not a witch to live. I go with the original sentiment. Anyone who does this, as a joke or for real, poisons society and needs to be removed.

We just did a spectacular demonstraton on what happens to those who support terrorism and pose a threat to the U.S. Afghanistan was one phase and Iraq another. This will be just one more phase. More on this, and some of the philosophical portions behind it, later.