Thursday, May 12, 2005
Agro Terrorism?
Allthings2all opened my eyes to a whole new terrorist threat yesterday. Catez is from New Zealand and she reports that someone has threatened the cattle industry on one of that nation's islands with a release of hoof and mouth. The mere threat has lowered the value of their currency and is rapidly bringing exports to a halt. That is a lot of damage to a small nation, and to date, it was just a threat.
There is no question in my mind this is a form of terrorism, and one I have not heard anyone talk about. Think about this nation where we have orders of magnitude more cattle and lack the natural barriers of an island. A release of hoof and mouth here could be devestating to the economy, not to mention my diet.
Just what we need -- new ideas for terrorists.
There is no question in my mind this is a form of terrorism, and one I have not heard anyone talk about. Think about this nation where we have orders of magnitude more cattle and lack the natural barriers of an island. A release of hoof and mouth here could be devestating to the economy, not to mention my diet.
Just what we need -- new ideas for terrorists.
