TERRORISM is a symptom of a problem.

Suppressing terrorism may well happen by the measures being suggested by Tony Blair and George Bush.

However, the problem that causes terrorism will still remain - globalisation and the corporate economy.

The symptom will appear again when the politicians' measures are relaxed or stopped.

It will require more radical measures to eliminate the problem and neither Blair nor Bush will be able to take them because they don't recognise the problem, they only see the symptom.

Bill Shaw,

St Olaves Road,

Updated: 10:15 Thursday, September 27, 2001