Level of Terrorist Threat (2 Viewers)

[berghousemaa]

I was wondering if people think the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated or misunderstood.
I mean we've only had a handful of attacks and the WTC was a fluke (they didn't expect the building to collapse).
I reckon if someone gave me and the rest of my yr 12 hundreds of millions of dollars and orders to cause as much damage as possible,I could fuck up this country.
Either the terrorists are really stupid and lazy, they're concentrating on their home territory or there really aren't that many of them.

 

[VanCarBus]

terrorists are medi attention seeking, thats why their plans are always flawed. They make too much noise and get discovered early

 

[soha]

and the media has inflicted more fear on ppl then the terrorist have
terrorist radars..high alert today etc
its so lame..
i went to a lecture..talked about terrorist and media tactics
whats more harmful
omg.was so interesting
like..obviously ina sense that terrorists can kill u
but psycologically media fucks u up big time
i wont go into it
but yeah

 

[alphatango]

and the media has inflicted more fear on ppl then the terrorist have
...
but psycologically media fucks u up big time

Isn't that the point of terrorism though? From Princeton's WordNet (my emphasis):

terrorism

n : the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.

So terrorism is about making people look at events like the WTC attack, and causing general fear, alarm and panic. How would terrorism work if there was no media to carry the news? If we in Australia had never heard about the WTC attack, would we be as alarmed? (Or perhaps just alert, I suppose. )

I don't think we can fault the media for reporting the news. What we *can* say (and this comes back to the original question) is that the media tends to slightly exaggerate the danger. Unfortunately, that fits right in with the sensationalist approach taken by most of the news outlets.

In contrast, the government probably tends to downplay the risks slightly. I guess they do this both for political reasons and to balance out, to some extent, the alarmist views that often appear in the media.

So yes, it's quite possible that the threat of terrorism has been mis-stated. What a wonderful world. *sigh*

 

[Li0n]

Don't you all think that the word terrorist is becoming abit too clichéd already?


i think its time for america to invent a new term

 

[Sheehan :)]

I was wondering if people think the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated or misunderstood.
I mean we've only had a handful of attacks and the WTC was a fluke (they didn't expect the building to collapse).
I reckon if someone gave me and the rest of my yr 12 hundreds of millions of dollars and orders to cause as much damage as possible,I could fuck up this country.
Either the terrorists are really stupid and lazy, they're concentrating on their home territory or there really aren't that many of them.

How do you know that causing havok was the terrorists main goals????
MAybe they just wanted to prove a point that they are willing to take lives if their demands are not meant. EVER HEARD OF PRELIMINARY STRIKES!!!!!


Also the word terrorist is so specifically used...isnt OCCUPATION A FORM OF TERRORISM. AND ISNT ISRAEL CURRENTLY OCCUPYING PALESTINE AND ISNT THIS CAMAIGN BEING FUNDED BY THE US.

WHO IS THE REAL TERRORIST?

 

[mr EaZy]

nah dudes

the terrorists are sleeping

hence : sleeper cells
its kinda like the boogey man!

AAHHHHHH! BOGEY MAN!

 

[berghousemaa]

How do you know that causing havok was the terrorists main goals????
MAybe they just wanted to prove a point that they are willing to take lives if their demands are not meant. EVER HEARD OF PRELIMINARY STRIKES!!!!!


Also the word terrorist is so specifically used...isnt OCCUPATION A FORM OF TERRORISM. AND ISNT ISRAEL CURRENTLY OCCUPYING PALESTINE AND ISNT THIS CAMAIGN BEING FUNDED BY THE US.

WHO IS THE REAL TERRORIST?

That button above the shift and below tab, yeah press it, you fuckwit.

Do you even know the real meaning of the word terrorism, ie to evoke feelings of terror to further one's goals. Israel isn't using terror as its primary purpose in quelling the Palestinians, they are using outright force. The Palestinians are using terror.

 

[soha]

nah..palestians are being terrorised

 

[berghousemaa]

nah..palestians are being terrorised

Oh sorry, now thta you express it that way i guess i was wrong. The Israelis are being terrorised because their opponents are terrorists.

You Soha let your ethnicity guide your posts, I can look beyond that and objectively look at the facts. I actually support the Palestinians in their campaign and I think the whole land should be theirs.

That however doesn't change the fact that the Israelis are being terrorised while Israel is using the brute force of their army to oppress the Palestinians.

 

[soha]

lol..okaaay
but brute force and their army to me..is still an act of terrorism
and they are being terrorised
wether it be suiceide bombings or sitting in a tanker
they terrorised

 

[berghousemaa]

I have no idea what those last three lines were in relation to.

 

[soha]

ok
u say that the palestinians are the terrorists and the israelis are using brute force and opressing the palestinians

i say that brute force is terrorising the palestinians and terrorism doenst have to be blowing urself up
or a car bomb etc
u can be in the army sitting ina tank and still terrorise
therefore i believe the palestinians are being terrorised by the israelis

 

[berghousemaa]

ok
u say that the palestinians are the terrorists and the israelis are using brute force and opressing the palestinians

i say that brute force is terrorising the palestinians and terrorism doenst have to be blowing urself up
or a car bomb etc
u can be in the army sitting ina tank and still terrorise
therefore i believe the palestinians are being terrorised by the israelis

Ok i get it. In future however don't refer to the armoured vehicle that is a tank as a tanker.

 

[Inscrutable]

its funny how when palestenians fire rockets into israel, the media calls it a terrorist act, but when the jewish army fires rockets from helicopters at houses the media calls it self defence

 

[soha]

Ok i get it. In future however don't refer to the armoured vehicle that is a tank as a tanker.

sorry..geez..TANK.. i dunno why i call it tanker...
do u know how many ppl tell me what i should and shouldnt say and how to spell things and what i should refrain from saying and posting
oh wellz such is life

 

[zahid]

Israel isn't using terror as its primary purpose in quelling the Palestinians, they are using outright force. The Palestinians are using terror.

hahahahaha....WoW first prize for BIGGEST RETARD ON BoS.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

its funny how when palestenians fire rockets into israel, the media calls it a terrorist act, but when the jewish army fires rockets from helicopters at houses the media calls it self defence

since when has the media called it 'self defence'?
you're just flat out lying =/

 

[joujou_84]

since when has the media called it 'self defence'?
you're just flat out lying =/

they call it retaliation.......

 

[firehose]

Yea they call it retaliation or whatever... they never say that Israel is terrorising them though not suprisingly....