>The inevitability of the recurrence of a phenomenon or set of phenomena
>isn't necessarily dependant upon it being inexplicable. For instance, one
>can have an excellent systematic analysis of capitalism but be unable to
>alter it significantly within the foreseeable future.
>
>-- Luke
i'm not interested in whether it can be altered. i'm interested in the rhetoric that's been deployed around the word terrorism. yoshie and carrol have suggested that nothing can stop terrorism. that was the discussion you decided to jump in on.