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27-06-2015, 06:54 AM | #1 | ||
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(AKA should we avoid reporting terrorism?)
So, the goal of terrorism is to spread fear, panic, and to disrupt the comfort of everyday life. It is not to terrorise the people they are killing, but the others who will hear about it. With that in mind, does it not seem likely that the effect of en masse front page reporting of terrorist attacks does little more than encourage further attacks? If global terrorist incidents were relegated to a couple of square inches back next to the sports, would this actively decrease the frequency of attacks? Would a commitment to such even be possible with media culture as it is? Perhaps one of the biggest ironies is that these attacks, supposedly motivated by a hatred of shallow western ways, generate headlines that are used to great effect to sell a tonne of tabloid trash newspapers - one of the very shallowest aspects of our culture? Masses of people buying dailies with body parts strewn over the front page because OMGdramaz. It just seems such a mess. Terrorism and sensationalism, they go hand in hand. Can it not just stop? Can those with the means not tackle the issue as it needs to be tackled - cold, calm calculation and intelligent strikes and campaigns - instead of having the entire western world flapping and clucking like a bunch of chickens in a henhouse that's been invaded by a fox? This is a rhetorical question I suppose. I know that won't happen. Flapping and panicking and despair is inevitable and the cycle will continue. Still, I'm interested to hear others thoughts on this. Do any of you get an overwhelming urge to vomit profusely all over the tabloid stands like I do? |
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27-06-2015, 07:11 AM | #2 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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...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..?.. |
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27-06-2015, 07:33 AM | #3 | ||
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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. Quote:
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27-06-2015, 07:53 AM | #4 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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...*skips away happily that we have a bit of peace and quiet in the morning for a few weeks..*....... |
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27-06-2015, 08:15 AM | #5 | ||
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27-06-2015, 09:08 AM | #6 | |||
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"sensationalism,"
Bollocks Its the news today |
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27-06-2015, 09:16 AM | #7 | |||
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Hard one to answer.
On the one hand it does give the terrorists what they want, but then on the other hand it warns us of the danger and keeps us informed. People need to know where not to go on holiday for example. We need to know of the attack in France to let us know how close to home it all is. We need to know of the suicide killings in the Mosque so that we are aware that Muslims are killing Muslims. I know my post is a bit simple for such a big issue, but I am at a loss to know what can be done. |
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27-06-2015, 09:21 AM | #8 | |||
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27-06-2015, 10:40 AM | #9 | ||
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It's sensationalised in the tabloids; look at the differences between how they report it and how it's reported elsewhere. They make it into a boom-crash-pow Hollywood blockbuster, make it seem exciting (or "outrageous"), to entice people into buying their paper. It's mercenary and quite disgusting, if you think about it. Not that these killings shouldn't cause outrage, just that these money-making entities exploiting it no matter the cost is quite horrendous.
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27-06-2015, 10:44 AM | #10 | ||
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Not sure about needing to know how close to home it is, though. That doesn't decrease risk for anyone, and the "on your doorstep" thing really only serves to keep people in a state of fear, which again is of course the aim or terrorism. The deaths are tragic but incidental; their main goal is to have as many people living in a state of fear and paranoia as they can. |
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27-06-2015, 10:56 AM | #11 | |||
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It is sensationalised reporting and lacks any form of perspective. I do however agree that people need to be aware of the dangerous places in the world. I visited Tunisia a number of years ago before the uprisings. I felt it was a dangerous place even then, there was an aggressive undertone towards foreigners. When I returned from my trip, I found out that a woman had been subjected to a multiple rape by hotel staff while I was there (and this was a 5 star hotel).
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27-06-2015, 11:09 AM | #12 | |||
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But this how it works in the UK All the papers are on this tragic Terrorist Machine Gun Killers on a beach |
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27-06-2015, 11:40 AM | #13 | |||
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People do have a right to know what's going on but I see your point as well, terrorists want to spread fear and by covering them as dangerous and scary we are doing nothing more than helping them..
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27-06-2015, 12:20 PM | #14 | ||
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Just because it's "the way it works" or "the way it is" doesn't mean it's the right way or the way it should be. So many things about "the way things are" are complete and utter ****. |
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27-06-2015, 12:21 PM | #15 | |||
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You should never just say 'that's the way things are' to things that are wrong.
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27-06-2015, 12:41 PM | #16 | |||
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27-06-2015, 12:43 PM | #17 | ||
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27-06-2015, 12:59 PM | #18 | |||
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But So Many were booked for Holidays in Tunisia
so all news will be about that. First Choice and Thompson have halted all flights for Next Week. |
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