10 August 2006

RED ALERT, RED ALERT!

THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING...run for your lives!!!
The worst part about terrorist activity in this climate is that it reinforces the ideals of the neo-cons and serves (in their minds and those of thier supporters) to justify and rationalize their power-grabbing ways. So...terrorists achieve their goal yet again...no one needs to die, they just need to make us afraid to live our lives and maintain our freedoms.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

In a way, 71, I think you're right...without having to actually execute an act of massive death and tragedy the terrorists are still "winning," but I think I disagree with how this happens.

Are people really all that scared over this episode? Maybe we should be, but the way I see it, people are more pissed off at the annoyance of not being able to carry shampoo in their man-purses than they are afraid that they will find themselves on a plane with a creative terrorist.

If this is the case, then I guess the terrorists still "win" because our aggravation with our own system leads to complacency, therefore leaving ourselves more open to future attack...maybe? Just a thought brought about by seeing repeated coverage of a hell of a lot of pissed off travelers at BWI, a normally pretty quiet port.

Also, is it really necessary to use all this "us vs. them" language when referring to neo-cons. I'm certainly not a fan of the ideology either, but pointing and accusing can't help to bridge us back towards a common ground.

11:49 AM
71 said...

We are more pissed off than scared...and that's the way it should be. The problem is no longer terror of the masses...it's the politicalizing of these events that scares the shit outta me. I don't think the thing we need to fear is another attack...if it happens, well, it happens...countries around the world have lived with that for decades...centuries? The way they're winning is by justifying our gov't in its insane powergrabbing (especially the exec branch). They're winning by causing our own gov't to take away the freedom of its citizens. They're winning by being a pain in our ass b/c we can no longer take a bottle of spray on deodorant on a 10 hour flight...btw, that's not me that stinks. Basically, it's the spin that allows them to come out on top...whether they succeed or not. People were talking today about the backlash of todays events...oil prices fell b/c of an expected lag in demand. Now tell me, why the fuck should we be talking about the backlash of a THWARTED attack? Shouldn't we be happy it was stopped and move on? Something's fishy...something's political.
I'm using "us v them" language in reference to neo-cons b/c there's no gap to bridge. It's a failed ideology resting on a failed philosophy relying on a radical and misguided worldview...

12:08 AM
Anonymous said...

"if it happens, well it happens... countries around the world have lived with that for decades... centuries?"
While I agree with most of what you wrote, that line startles me. I don't agree with the path the current admin. has taken in the wake of 9/11 (ie. its handling of global terrorism), but I still think something has to be done with it... it's definitely a problem worth addressing. Your argument makes it sound like the reactive, laissez faire approach is the answer to terrorism simply because countries can live with attacks-- living with attacks is better than living in constant fear and losing personal freedom. But aren't those living in regions with almost constant terrorism, places where car bombings and suicide attacks are daily occurences and have been for years, aren't those people who actually lose family because of terrorist attacks feeling much more horrid effects than not being able to bring a bottle of toothpaste on an airplane?

5:18 PM

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