tricking, treating and terrorism

Yay for Halloween! Trick or treating at the embassies was a fun one-time kinda thing. South Korea was definitely the most spirited one. And our UC had the best costumes: Flavor Flav and the Red Line?! Come on!

I hope everyone enjoyed our group’s presentation on Insecurity. Actual threats are oftentimes so common that we become desensitized to their danger (heart disease, for example) and prefer to focus on glamorous threats, like nuclear attacks. At the end of the day, it’s the public’s perception of insecurity that is important. Though I’m adamantly opposed to any regulation of the media (as ridiculous as it gets), I think we can all agree that education is a powerful tool in putting minds at ease and preparing the public in the event of a serious altercation.
The government’s fluctuating threat-o-meter of primary colors certainly doesn’t help. I found this lovely website that lets you put a terror alert on your page, or receive e-mails or texts when the threat level changes. Kinda like those RAVE updates, right? :) Unfortunately sites such as these only feed on and encourage public fears and misconceptions.
Our current threat level is: Be afraid!