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KarenK122
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
The government should definately alert the public if they find a threat creditable. If they did not it would cause to much confusion with everyone seeing the increase in police and tighter security for some areas. Not to mention if they do not say something and the media finds out about the threat, there would be weeks of articles and news stories on how the government is covering up information.
The government sifts through numerous threats a day and if one comes across with some sort of plausible concern then we all should be aware to keep an eye out.
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Boobobunny
all very good points,...but what about the crying wolf syndrome....if the gov't keeps giving us warnings and nothing happens...then will will stop listening...and there may be a time that we should have listened but ignored it.
I guess this is why I feel so mixed on the subject.
another reason I'm so mixed though is very personal...my DH is a SGT in the NYPD...so these threats scare me because if something happens he will be on the front line of things.
What is the big deal about crying wolf- it is the public's reaction. 90%o f what we worry about, doesn't happen. And if the publicity foils a terrorist plot, we are all the better for it.
Your DH being in the NYPD is something else entirely. I'm sure you worry about him, no matter what the threats are. I'm sorry that you are concerned-but know that he is doing a great service to this city- and chances are he will be just fine 
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Shellyesq
I am actually more scared about that. I am moving out to LI from Manhattan from Nov- April- and I am more scared about danger on the LIRR and Penn Station than I am about getting to my office in Times Square every day from the UPper West Side. I'll be happy when I am back in the city.
Go into Hunters Point and take the 7 to Times Square - you can avoid Penn completely. Its great - I do it every day.
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| Posted 10/7/05 12:38 PM |
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Redhead
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by elyssa222
for everyone who would want to know...what would u do witht he information? would it change anything for you?
For a couple of days....but then it is back to normal for me!
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| Posted 10/7/05 12:53 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by kelleherkm
Go into Hunters Point and take the 7 to Times Square - you can avoid Penn completely. Its great - I do it every day.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I am moving to the South Shore of Nassau County and the express train goes to Penn Station- plus with being pregnant and all- I want the smoothest, most comfortable ride possible.
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| Posted 10/7/05 12:56 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Shellyesq
Posted by kelleherkm
Go into Hunters Point and take the 7 to Times Square - you can avoid Penn completely. Its great - I do it every day.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I am moving to the South Shore of Nassau County and the express train goes to Penn Station- plus with being pregnant and all- I want the smoothest, most comfortable ride possible.
OH ok. I'm on the north shore and get express trains right to HP
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| Posted 10/7/05 12:58 PM |
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Redhead
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by kelleherkm
Posted by Shellyesq
Posted by kelleherkm
Go into Hunters Point and take the 7 to Times Square - you can avoid Penn completely. Its great - I do it every day.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I am moving to the South Shore of Nassau County and the express train goes to Penn Station- plus with being pregnant and all- I want the smoothest, most comfortable ride possible.
OH ok. I'm on the north shore and get express trains right to HP
Do you really think doing this is worth it?
ANY train, subway area in NY is susceptible to attacks?
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:01 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Redhead
Posted by kelleherkm
Posted by Shellyesq
Posted by kelleherkm
Go into Hunters Point and take the 7 to Times Square - you can avoid Penn completely. Its great - I do it every day.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I am moving to the South Shore of Nassau County and the express train goes to Penn Station- plus with being pregnant and all- I want the smoothest, most comfortable ride possible.
OH ok. I'm on the north shore and get express trains right to HP
Do you really think doing this is worth it?
ANY train, subway area in NY is susceptible to attacks?
Is what worth it? Going through HP Avenue? Um, yeah it is because it cuts 45 minutes off my commute each way, each day. I've been doing this since before 9/11.
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:04 PM |
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Redhead
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Oh i thought you were doing this BECAUSE of 9/11, terrorist threats
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:05 PM |
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dpli
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by elyssa222
for everyone who would want to know...what would u do witht he information? would it change anything for you?
I used to commute to the city and only do occasionally now, but I doubt it would change anything for me. I feel like the chances that I will be on that paricular car or train or bus at that particular time are not large enough to prevent me from going about my business.
I am not sure if seeing soldiers in Penn Station post 9-11 really made me feel better, but many people I know said they felt more secure. Maybe this is pessimistic, but I am not confident that they would be able to stop it in time if the threat progressed to the point where a bomber was actually there, ready to pull the cord. As Don said in an earlier thread, these guys don't care if they live or die, and if they are about to be apprehended, I think it's already too late.
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Redhead
Oh i thought you were doing this BECAUSE of 9/11, terrorist threats
No, but it is nice to NOT have to go through the tunnel every day. Plus when I do go through Penn I have to take 2 subways instead of just one. Hunters POiont cuts a lot of time off my commute.
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:21 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
I am not sure if seeing soldiers in Penn Station post 9-11 really made me feel better, but many people I know said they felt more secure. Maybe this is pessimistic, but I am not confident that they would be able to stop it in time if the threat progressed to the point where a bomber was actually there, ready to pull the cord. As Don said in an earlier thread, these guys don't care if they live or die, and if they are about to be apprehended, I think it's already too late.
I can see your point 
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:22 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
My MIL called last night and said "Just tell them you have to work from home from now on"
Yeah - what world is she living in?
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:22 PM |
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Redhead
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by kelleherkm
My MIL called last night and said "Just tell them you have to work from home from now on"
Yeah - what world is she living in?
that kind of thinking is scary imo
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:25 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by kelleherkm
My MIL called last night and said "Just tell them you have to work from home from now on"
Yeah - what world is she living in?
A world about 25 years ago- before corporate America took over the world 
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:26 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Shellyesq
Posted by kelleherkm
My MIL called last night and said "Just tell them you have to work from home from now on"
Yeah - what world is she living in?
A world about 25 years ago- before corporate America took over the world
Um, yeah, probably the last time she had a 'real' job
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:33 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by Redhead
Posted by kelleherkm
My MIL called last night and said "Just tell them you have to work from home from now on"
Yeah - what world is she living in?
that kind of thinking is scary imo
In her defense, she is worried about her 'daughter' as she calls me and especially now she is worried about me and the baby.
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:34 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
In her defense, she is worried about her 'daughter' as she calls me and especially now she is worried about me and the baby.
she has a right to be worried....she's a mom
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:36 PM |
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Redhead
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by kelleherkm
Posted by Redhead
Posted by kelleherkm
My MIL called last night and said "Just tell them you have to work from home from now on"
Yeah - what world is she living in?
that kind of thinking is scary imo
In her defense, she is worried about her 'daughter' as she calls me and especially now she is worried about me and the baby.
oh i know..i am just sayig that the idea of people being sooo scared is a crazy thing...(not specifically your mom)
just a world that lives in fear like that
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:37 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by LadyLainez
In her defense, she is worried about her 'daughter' as she calls me and especially now she is worried about me and the baby.
she has a right to be worried....she's a mom
Yep thats what I tell myself... yet I still cant bring myself to answer the phone when I see the caller ID....does that make me a bad person? 
ETA; she is my MIL
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Yep thats what I tell myself... yet I still cant bring myself to answer the phone when I see the caller ID....does that make me a bad person?
ETA; she is my MIL
Uhm...no welcome to the club sista!!!
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:39 PM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
I would definitely want to know and I think they should release reasonably credible threat information to the public. Like many have already said, it's up to you what you do with the information but at least you know.
Granted, I'm also concerned about the "crying-wolf" syndrome more so in the way that constant publicizing of vague threats may desensitize the public somewhat. Eventually, it could get to the point where people are just like "another day, another BS threat" because nothing happens. So to an extent, I think we do have to rely the government's judgement of what to release.
But IMO, in the end it's better to know, even if nothing happens. The reason that nothing happens could also be because of the release of the information and that is not a bad thing.
As for me, having the info probably won't make me change my daily routines, but if I was planning a special outing or something, I might reconsider my routes or methods of transportation, etc.
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| Posted 10/7/05 1:40 PM |
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babyhopes
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
I am right across the street from Penn station right now...
Penn has been closed (part of it) for a few hours now because they "found" something...I'm sitting in my office watching the people in the out of space suites going in...
doesn't bother me personally...I still have to get on the train to go home tonight.
I think it's horrible that we even has these idiots running around blowing themselves up...and being threatened all the time...but gotta live right?
edited to say:
yes, I do want to know. why? I just like knowing...
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
They found a can of bubbling soda it is on CNN
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| Posted 10/7/05 2:23 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: How much information should be revealed to the public regarding potential terrorist attacks??
Posted by LadyLainez
Yep thats what I tell myself... yet I still cant bring myself to answer the phone when I see the caller ID....does that make me a bad person?
ETA; she is my MIL
Uhm...no welcome to the club sista!!!
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