Posted by Cowgum on 07/26/05 01:35

PC Medic wrote:
>>What blows my mind is why there is just as much if not more TV "news"
>>time devoted to these events -which quite frankly killed a piddling number
>>of people-
>
>
> Perhaps if one of these 'piddling number of people' were a relative of yours
> you would think differently.
> The fact they were not American is as irrelevant as the rest of your post.
> What makes our lives more valuable than another's!?
>
> Now go away troll!
>
>
It's too bad he put it that way.. I know I really shouldn't bother
responding, but still..
I understand his point, you can basicly gain votes in almost every
country or even win an election if you just use the word terrorism a
lot.. I read an article about this a while ago, it seemed the rate of
terrorist attacks was in the 70's much higher than now.. But yea, as
long as the media keep feeding them that will change..
Funny how the same system we use to communicate and discuss, or even
allows us to buy our daily lucky strike had a very signivicant role as
being the most propaganda generating, fear causing machine

To me personally the London attack, the worst consequence is not the
people who miss a member from their family (please don't get me wrong; I
know it's terrible for them) but the media riot thats coming from it..
The effect it will have on society.. If it's not just fear, there will
be hate.. I come from the netherlands myself, and I have friends around
in other places of the world; and everybody notices effects. Great..
that's exactly what your enemy wants, whoever it is..

wtf, I sound like a hippy..

Cowgum

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