Follow The Path of Least Resistance 1-3

-It's better than the yellow brick road.

1. On Fear:
Fear is an enabler. Manipulation is facilitated by fear. Fear may be spawned; it may happen. Fear is always possible to exploit. Irrational fears are even easier. Although not universal, conditioning is difficult to break. It's not impossible; those successful often become the most intractable opponents. Nobody likes feeling used–some simply admit it. Others resist through the hubris of tools. Sacrifice should not be in vain. Unfortunately, it is. Self-interest becomes confused.

2. On Competing Verbal Worlds:
Verbal world cannot be avoided in a technological society. Competing verbal worlds will inevitably clash. Repetition strengthens–relatively and to a point. Internal appeals can prove disastrous externally. Internal Verbal Worlds can be most damaged by external backlash and formulation of a competing international Verbal World. Militant Shia Islam and radical Sunni Islam ideology and resultant verbal world have each developed in response to both external and sectarian pressures. Similarity can sometimes lead to conflict greater than difference. The familiar should know better. The outsider cannot help but be any other way. The foreigner's differences are not felt personally. Their ignorance is not subtle. Those close should be identical or destroyed.

3. On Threats:
Threats are everywhere. Most threats are mundane. One is far more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist. Mass tragedies are difficult situations.