Today in class, the Homeland Security Advisory System came up, and it got me to thinking. How dumb can we be that we need an "official" government issue colour-coded chart to inform us on the state of our personal safety? the whole thing seems to be kind of a joke to me; because for one, our "risk" is always somewhere close to the red. Two, if we actually knew when there was a "severe risk of terrorists," 9/11 would just be a date in early to mid September with no significance. The whole idea of terrorist attacks is to catch their targets off their guard. I wondered if this chart was created so that would-be terrorists would look at it and think, "oh crap! they must know what i am planning, or else why would there is a high risk of terrorists!?!??" I kind of think if the chart ever told us we were in the blue or green, the terrorists would see it too, and we would be most susceptable at that time rather than a red or orange time. I honestly see no purpose to any of it, because if terrorists threats are always likely, the meter would stay the same all the level (it does) and for the public impact, it doesnt comfort people, because it basically says their lives are always in danger. In addition, if people were wondering if there were a large threats of terrorists, they could pick up a newspaper, or tune in to the five o clock news, because the chart it self says nothing.
