Amaryllis photo by James Cummings
It comes as no surprise at all that yet another terrorist threat has been confirmed by Homeland Security. After all, we are about to undergo a celebration that for Christians is a holy one. The new threat centers on poisoning food at buffets and salad bars in restaurants in cities across the United States. Cyanide is one of the purposed agents.
Random acts of terror or threats of them are meant to paralyze the normal routines and activities of people. In this case, the announced threat of danger is bound to have a negative effect on restaurant income for the holiday weekend as more people may opt to stay home.
Death will come to all of us, even the terrorists. We need to embrace life while we still have it and the live it to the measure of its fullness. This latest threat is meant to be disruptive; to make paranoid ninnies out of all of us; to make us want to stay home, afraid to venture out. If that happens, THEY have won.
In fact, I am getting a little bit tired of these warnings. If the government knows about a problem, they should be dealing with its resolution, not alarming everyone unnecessarily, thereby playing the game, with the terrorists setting the rules of engagement. Let’s take a wait and see attitude on this latest threat. Sounds like someone is blowing black smoke in our faces again and the smoke screen is probably meant to be a diversion to their actual plans.
God bless us and keep us safe in this very holy season that celebrates the birth of the Prince of Peace.
Pat
