Sir Mecro,
I am not one to live in the fear and look over my shoulder. In fact, I firmly believe whatever happens will happen.
It does not hurt to be careful, and it does not hurt to show good will or show concern for my fellow NYrs.
I am just reminding everyone to be on the lookout. And not just the elusive terrorist: Let me say this: in nY, being on the lookout is 24 / 7 job - in fact, recently, taking subway to from work has always turned up various nut cases. (just last week, a friend of mine at work was attacked on the 4 train. So it does not have to be a terrorist. Yesterday, there was a fight on the train also, had to stop the train - the holidays and cold weather does it to everyone). I am not saying this place is awful, but when you mix so many people, it happens. And, Sometimes, guard goes down. We do need to keep it up! Too bad you missed the point. Too bad you will never know this mentality. People like us can live anywhere in the world and survive. Happy holidays.