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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
The intention of terrorism is to create a culture of fear and the constant media undercurrent that wants to link absolutely everything to "Terrorism" or "Radical Islam" plays right into that culture of fear, thereby ensuring the success of terrorism itself. It is "understandable" for some to create that link, but it's only understandable because of the preceeding media chatter surrounding decapitation in warzones. If we hadn't seen these news stories in recent weeks, would many people have heard about this poor woman and immediately started to bleat "teeeerrrrrrrorism!!"? I very much doubt it. Because logically, there is clearly no link, other than perhaps that an already disturbed individual has taken these news events as some sort of twisted inspiration.
The idea that we all need to be extra vigilant and on the lookout for explosives throughout the day is also ludicrous. Like seeing people visibly **** themselves every time they saw a black person sneeze during the "Ebola outbreak". Which is, of course, no more or less contained now than it was two weeks ago, but y'know... It's not too skaywee anymore because it's on page 7 now and beheading and bombs are in the headlines, so that's the scary thing now innit?
Again, it all plays right into that paranoia and fear culture, which all too often then ends up spiraling into xenophobia and casual racism, further alienating individuals and strengthening ACTUAL terrorist rhetoric.
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Nobody is bleating, giving a supercilious response to everyone who holds a different view to yourself is more than a little disconcerting.
An already twisted individual, let's look at that how do people get twisted... what is the process.. If terrorism in the guise of radicalisation to extremest ideology isn't an immediate threat how are western British Muslims persuaded to leave, train and return?
I'm going to ignore your section on the Ebola outbreak as it's not relevant here.
Whether or not some uninformed or ignorant people blame all Muslims for the actions of extremists is no reason to not be vigilant and aware that there is a threat, it need not impact on your day to day life... it just asks that you are open to the fact it can and has happened.