# Rendell FTL

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**Created:** [February 5, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860 "2007-02-05T13:35:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860/51 "2007-02-06T09:56:43Z")

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> [@Help Needed: Engineers/Architects/Physiscs Gurus enter please](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-needed-engineers-architects-physiscs-gurus-enter-please/27790/11):
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> I feel an attack from that angle on that magnitude could not of been predicted.
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> It’s our spending that has been preventing future attacks

it could have been predicted and it was predicted. It’s not a problem of prediction. We CANNOT defend against terrorism. It’s impossible. The only way we can defend ourselves is to NOT make people want to kill us.

Anyone with a gas can and a match can be a terrorist. Look at Tim McVeigh. Our spending isn’t preventing shit. Airport security sucks. Our borders are wide open.

Look at how much terror the DC sniper brought the US. That was just some asshole with a hunting rifle you can buy over the counter at Wal-Mart.

The huge amounts of money we’re spending on defense, the shredding of our civil liberties… thats what the terrorists really wanted, and we’re playing right into their hands.

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