07-02-2008, 06:30 AM | #1 (permalink) | ||
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Terrorist Fears
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/...oll/index.html
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07-02-2008, 07:09 AM | #2 (permalink) | |
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Could be people like Joe...
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07-02-2008, 08:20 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Things like this make me wonder, how different the world would be without the news?
News surveys are such a load of shit anyways..... you could pretty much set the results depending on where you take the group from.. as long as there is news, there will be people afraid of terrorists. I am willing to say the word Terrorist is in the news everyday. |
07-03-2008, 07:27 AM | #6 (permalink) | |
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07-03-2008, 08:42 AM | #7 (permalink) | |
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will....I think you might appreciate this interview with Prof. Hans Koechler, President of the International Progress Organisation, on how governments are using "the terrorist threat" as a propaganda tool:
U.N. Observer Says Governments Using Terror to Instill Fear in CommunitiesI particularly agree with his argument that such a strategy/policy will be self-defeating: Quote:
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07-03-2008, 08:50 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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Heh, a friend emailed that to me a few days ago as a matter of fact. It's a very well written article and actually my post was in part because of my reading. Terrorism is about as scary to me now as nuclear weapons were to me in the 80s.
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07-03-2008, 10:19 AM | #9 (permalink) |
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Location: Cake Town
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Why would you worry about nukes at 5-7 years old?
Anyway, I don't even think about it.
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07-03-2008, 07:41 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Well, at least the Chinese don't have anything to worry about with their new Segway anti-terrorism unit.
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07-06-2008, 07:04 AM | #15 (permalink) |
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Hasn't there been an imminent attack since 9/11?
I have a lot more to worry about than terrorism. If it happens, it happens.
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07-07-2008, 04:05 PM | #16 (permalink) | ||
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I no longer believe in things or worry about things. What happens, happens. I sometimes take time to consider what I'd do if something bad happened, but beyond having a general idea of how to take care of myself and my family, it's not worth the time.
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07-08-2008, 01:23 AM | #17 (permalink) | |
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I thought that was a photoshop joke until I looked it up.
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07-08-2008, 07:01 AM | #18 (permalink) | |
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Hm. I don't believe I have ever concerned myself with any outside threat. I guess between having good friends and a great family, I felt secure enough to not worry about anything.
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