Terrorists as Spiders

04 Dec 08

Dealing with terrorists, wisdom from an Instructor:

"The best choice, among many unhappy ones, is to think of terrorists as black-widow spiders. They are what they are, and they'll never change. There are many nests of them, and one is just outside our kitchen door. Nearby, there are a number of cocoons, harboring innocent butterflies. Of course, we have no quarrel with butterflies, but we have to get rid of spiders, because they represent a real and continuing threat to our way of life that cannot be abrogated effectively with any other strategy. There is no possibility of accommodation, nor 'peaceful-coexistence.' Believe me; we've tried!

Spiders may have a place in nature (don't we all!), but not in my house, thank you. So, we kill spiders, all spiders, as quickly and efficiently as possible. We do our best to spare caterpillars, but, you know, we have to honestly confront the fact that some of them won't live through it!

The alternative of leaving the spiders where they are is not viable. We can't relocate them, and we can't persuade them to modify their behavior. They' re spiders, and that is all they're every going to be! So, we areleft with only rapid, aggressive, violent, surprise attack on them from multiple angles. Clean out the nest. Sadly, some caterpillars will be caught up in it and won't survive.

That's regrettable, but it's vastly better for the rest of the caterpillars that we destroy spiders before the can multiply. It's not a permanent solution, and we'll probably have to do it again. Nevertheless, theability of these particular spiders to do us harm is extinguished forever. Thank God!

Remaining alive and living life is never effortless nor risk-free. It is dangerously naive to think that we'll never have to fight to protect ourselves, our property, and our way of life. We'll be earnestly tested so long as we' re here. The threat will never go away, so we can never relax.

Welcome to Planet Earth!"

/John