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Re: Time warner Lying!!!

Terrorist attacks are to incite terror, going after things people do everyday and/or think of as safe and secure. It's to make people feel vulnerable and change what they do.

9/11 was about damaging "untouchable" symbols. Twin towers, Pentagon, Capitol Building or White House (target of the plane that crashed in PA). All are well known the world over as symbols of American ability, military, and government. It wasn't about killing the wealthy, name the rich people killed that day? Nothing generic like "stock traders" now... Do you think any non-Americans can? Now show people, even non-Americans, pictures of the buildings and I bet a large number can name them and where they are. At the very least they'll know they're American buildings.

Large terrorist event have previously targeted trains, specifically commuter trains like the HSR in California is supposed to be:
2010 in Moscow: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20 ··· bombings
2006 in Mumbai: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11 ··· bombings
2005 in London: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_ ··· bombings
2004 in Madrid: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20 ··· bombings
1995 in Tokyo: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa ··· o_subway
Lots more here: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li ··· _systems

If the California HSR is ever finished, it'll be a symbol of American accomplishment, filled with Americans. If it's attacked, it'll be major news.
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Things are different now in the US. The US was a desired target and a train would've been far easier than the (alleged, let's not get into that...) terrorist takeover of the airliners. Further, besides the nuts in CA, trains are not a primary public transportation method in the US.

Yes they are extensively used if you include subways, but on the scale of things knocking out a train car - rather than a station attack which is just a public gathering that has little to do with there being a train nearby, is just another populated area) - isn't as much collateral damage as occupying a middle eastern country for a few weeks.

Perhaps it would make news but logistically they'd hurt us more knock out a material supply line than a passenger trail.

While it's true that terrorism is about terror, it's not that simple. It's about terror to affect a change. Again we have to look at the significance of what the world trade centers were, it's not at all the same as just making people afraid to ride a train.

If you dismiss that there were wealthy companies in those buildings, reconsider exactly what went on in them. It's not like they randomly picked two buildings, nor picked them only because of their height... but if you want names, here you go -
»www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/200 ··· ts1.html

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[...]specifically commuter trains like the HSR in California is supposed to be

Uh... no, HSR is not commuter trains. Commuter rail are things like the LA Metro Rail Lines or Metrolink in Los Angeles. Or the NYC Subway, NJ's PATH, Philadelphia's SEPTA, Chicago's L, Boston's T, etc. All of which we currently have in place and do not use TSA security on.