Comments on: Davos Newbies Home http://www.davosnewbies.com/2004/09/16/davos-newbies-home/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:56:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Donald Larson http://www.davosnewbies.com/2004/09/16/davos-newbies-home/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Donald Larson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=1169#comment-276 "No one wants a security breach that results in real harm. But equally it's good that we have an environment where the root assumption is that no harm is intended." Yeah, I'd say the 9/11 terrorists and their planners counted on that attitude allowing people to learn to fly planes but not take-off and land them. And even as the terrorists hijacked the doomed planes on 9/11, the passengers were told to stay in their seats because a typical hijack was in effect. Complacency has deep roots in Western society. It will likely take many more deaths by terrorists before attitudes change for many people. Some people aren't so willing to risk the outcome that no harm is intended during security breaches and other potential dangerous decisions. Their assumptions and how those people react should be just as understandable. Don “No one wants a security breach that results in real harm. But equally it’s good that we have an environment where the root assumption is that no harm is intended.”

Yeah, I’d say the 9/11 terrorists and their planners counted on that attitude allowing people to learn to fly planes but not take-off and land them.

And even as the terrorists hijacked the doomed planes on 9/11, the passengers were told to stay in their seats because a typical hijack was in effect.

Complacency has deep roots in Western society. It will likely take many more deaths by terrorists before attitudes change for many people.

Some people aren’t so willing to risk the outcome that no harm is intended during security breaches and other potential dangerous decisions. Their assumptions and how those people react should be just as understandable.

Don

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