Internet Threat To Rare Species

[DougD]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

See I hate articles like this. The INTERNET is no more responsible for the death of an endangered species than a GUN is the cause of someone's shooting death. It is the people that are responsible and the people who cause it.

So what impact do you think the internet (and cellular phones) has had on international terrorism?

Think Osama Bin Hidin' would be able to command the troops without either?

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by DougD

So what impact do you think the internet (and cellular phones) has had on international terrorism?

Think Osama Bin Hidin' would be able to command the troops without either?

Yes I do. Both are a great help to him, but neither are the CAUSE of terrorism. Terrorism was around before phones and the internet was available. I remember as a kid watching where terrorists hijacked a plane and were holding Americans hostage. This was done without cell phones and internet. Now these devices may make it easier to communicate changes to avoid capture or for spreading their "Message", but they are not the CAUSE of the act. Just like a GUN does not kill people, a car does not speed, a ski mask does not rob a bank, etc... It is the people who do the act. Osama uses the cell phones and the internet as a TOOL no doubt but they are not the cause of the terrorism. Cars are just a tool to go faster than horse and carriage, which was a tool to go faster than walking. If you go faster than the law allows, car is not the cause of it, it is merely the tool YOU used to break the law.