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Originally Posted by Ammi

...hmmm, this has always been my thought process...don't feed the attention with the very thing it wants ..but then, as you say it would never happen..but if it were to..?...would that just make their acts more frequent in their desperation for that attention..?..and their frustration etc...'we must do something worse' type thought process..?....hmmmmm....

I did ponder that actually, would it be like ignoring a destructive child, and they'd just step it up until they got noticed? But then, one would imagine they're already planning the biggest strikes they can "get away with" (plan and execute without being sniffed out). I doubt they're doing the bare minimum or holding back, so there would really be no way to provoke them into bigger attacks,and one might hope it would result in fewer people being inspired to form "lone wolf" cells for fame / glory.

It also seems to have a sort of chain reaction effect when one attack is reported. You get a succession of attacks reported over days / weeks then things go relatively quiet again. Makes me wonder if one attacks being reported has a sort of "Oh we better do ours now!" effect on other cells... Either just inspiring them, or because they anticipate a "crackdown" in the aftermath.

...it's Saturday morning TS and much too early for your threads.....did we not all agree to an 11am start for your thoughts at weekends..?..

Some of us have 8am starts on a Saturday! Hmph. Don't worry though, I've got 2 weeks off after today AND no school run... You'll not see me before 11 any day of the week