Levitt’s diatribe included a number of ways he would “maximize terror if (he) were a terrorist with limited resources.” He lists five categories that he, the hypothetical terrorist, would utilize in wreaking as much havoc as possible on innocent Americans. He even credits his father with coming up with the single “best terrorist plan” he’s ever heard, a plot involving 20 terrorists committing mass shootings all over the country.
Dad must be so proud. He made his son’s first New York Times blog.
But Steven Levitt isn’t just satisfied with sharing he and his father’s twisted ways to give terrorists suggestions for murdering us. He turns to his readers for what he hopes will be “far better ideas.” In fact, he even sounds a little giddy as he invites posts on the subject by saying, “I would love to hear them.”
Well, I’d like to solicit some suggestions from my readers, too. If a best-selling New York Times author, the brilliant mind behind “Freakonomics” can ask people for hypothetical ways for terrorists to kill us, I can be hypothetical as well, can’t I?
The title of my blog would be simple: “When executing someone convicted of treason, should we use a firing squad, gas chamber, or lethal injection?”
Post away. I’d love to hear from you.
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