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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Better yet, maybe you can convince them that terrorism is only a "nuisance" on the level of prostitution.
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Was it ok when various administration and defense department officials called terrorist attacks "a nuisance"? And Kerry did not say that terrorism was a nuisance -- here's what he said (from the NYT Magazine article)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/ma...=1&oref=login:
- When I asked Kerry what it would take for Americans to feel safe again, he displayed a much less apocalyptic worldview. ''We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance,'' Kerry said. ''As a former law-enforcement person, I know we're never going to end prostitution. We're never going to end illegal gambling. But we're going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn't on the rise. It isn't threatening people's lives every day, and fundamentally, it's something that you continue to fight, but it's not threatening the fabric of your life.''
Note to Bilmore -- this is what I was talking about when I said "hmmm, sounds familiar."
edited to add link to NYT. Not that anyone will actually read it, but you never know. 
