And yet there is cause for concern. The worst-case scenario of crossing the road, after all, is that you'll be hit by a truck and killed. Yet we all do cross roads every day, and could hardly function if we did not. To live by the worst-case scenario is to grant the terrorists their victory without a shot having been fired. It is also alarming to think that the real battles of the new century may be fought in secret, between adversaries accountable to few of us, one claiming to act on our behalf, the other hoping to scare us into submission.
Democracy requires openness and light.
Security saved President Ranatunga, but many others died. In the past, security didn't save President Ronald Reagan or the Pope. Luck did that. So we need to understand that even maximum security guarantees nobody's safety. To tell those bullies who would terrorise us that we aren't scared of them.