The point of Quiggin's argument is that Bin Laden may undergo a post mortem mutation from the scapegoat that justified the suspension of civil liberties to the success story that will justify their permanent removal.
It's a fairly compelling argument that ends in a conclusion contradictory to your own.
Rather than resulting in a blank slate for the public psyche when it comes to terrorism-related paranoia, and a subsequent relaxation of the extended powers snatched by governments post 9/11 (the "blankets" of your OP), the operation to kill Bin Laden will likely be used to endorse and entrench those powers.
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Date: 2011-05-03 05:44 pm (UTC)It's a fairly compelling argument that ends in a conclusion contradictory to your own.
Rather than resulting in a blank slate for the public psyche when it comes to terrorism-related paranoia, and a subsequent relaxation of the extended powers snatched by governments post 9/11 (the "blankets" of your OP), the operation to kill Bin Laden will likely be used to endorse and entrench those powers.