article_snippet: As we evacuated the building, I was concerned that people didn't seem to be taking the building seriously.
article_snippet: I was visiting from Europe, where terrorism was a fact of life, and I was scared.
article_snippet: After post-Holocaust, it was common to view Jews in Europe as sitting with their suitcases packed, just in case.
article_snippet: It is wise to be on guard, of course, and there is indeed ample cause for alarm -- even fear.
article_snippet: But we should also be on guard against something else -- against a facile temptation to cry wolf that can all too easily distort alarm into alarmism -- and fear into fear-mongering.