SecretWar: Plain Jane Tries to Kill the Yakuza Boss

Abbott, Dan. "SecretWar: Plain Jane Tries to Kill the Yakuza Boss." tdaxp. July 25, 2005. http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/07/25/secretwar-plain-jane-tries-to-kill-the-yakuza-boss.html (accessed August 29, 2007).

The metaphor of a “Plain Jain” who tries to kill a Yakuza Boss is utilized to argue that “randomness is very attractive” and would severely reduce the secrecy of a 5GW operation:


For a woman crossing the dance floor, tripping is even more noticeable than swaying her hips.

The 5GWarrior must hide in the crowd, making the most probable explanation of her behavior that she is just “normal,” not that she is attempting to murder a Boss.


I.e., where previously Dan tdaxp had argued that “walking without rhythm” — or, with randomness — would serve to obscure the 5GW attack, the argument is now made that the assassin (in this metaphor) would present a rhythm that is “normal” and entirely expected; she must shape the enemy’s observations by presenting normalcy.

The argument is applied to a comment previously left by Curtis Gale Weeks on another post at tdaxp concerning a succession of random events utilized to attack a nation or group of nations, with the conclusion that such a method of operation would be bad for a fifth generation warrior:

Because randomness is very attractive, a succession of “random” catastrophes striking a nation will be very, very suspicious. People are superstitious — they are gifted with “fingertip feeling” or Fingerspitzengefuhl — and will implicitly decide that something is doing this to them. To a 5GWarrior, who cannot afford to have her cover exposed, a paranoid victim is a dangerous victim.




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