Originally Posted by
sinanju
The next attack won't be aviation. Here are the required ingredients:
- Shaky economy
- Troubled retailer
- Three random locations in the US
- Christmas shopping season
If suicide bombers were to target a single troubled retailer, say Sears, with bombings over a period of a few days, they could very effectively put that retailer out of business, seriously damage the US economy -- in the economy's current state it could create a very deep recession, and do untold damage to the American collective psyche.
Are we going to have a "papers, please" environment in our shopping malls?
I think K-Mart might have more people than Sears. I can't remember the last time I went into a Sears or a KMart, but I think KMart has more people.
Shopping malls are already becoming a "papers please" type of place. The mall by me is the main place in CLT where I get asked to show ID to make a purchase. Many malls have curfew policies where young people have to show ID to prove their age after a certain time and people under a certain age unchaperoned are asked to leave.