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unless it's a mosquito with malaria or dengue :) (aka terrorist with nuclear/dirty bomb). terrorism is, above all, politically motivated theatrical act that sh

unless it's a mosquito with malaria or dengue :) (aka terrorist with nuclear/dirty bomb). terrorism is, above all, politically motivated theatrical act that should manipulate audience into something (fear and thus irrational behavior, election choices etc). plus some stray dogs that are out of any reasonable control. we humans are vastly irrational, and just because mankind landed on the moon doesn't mean emotions don't hold more power than reason in most of us. that's why so many people are afraid of flying, are superstitious, believe in horoscopes and so on. you know, general folks out there who have same voting power as you or me or anybody else

ascagnel_ 11y ago
The moon landing was a tool to create a different emotion, though. It was to stir up some national pride and put a happy face on the rocket tech that nearly led to a total nuclear annihilation during the cold war.
- saiya-jin 11y ago
  what I meant that we can achieve amazing stuff as mankind (especially with 60's tech), but still be completely irrational redneck-style when emotions kick in
  - ascagnel_ 11y ago
    We're kind of arguing past each other -- you're saying emotions can lead to irrational behavior, while I'm saying emotions can be manipulated for many ends.
cm2187 11y ago
The problem is the more we over react to it, the more we encourage the next attack. When a plane crashes, the medias are now reasonable and repeat again and again that it is an extremely rare event and that flying is very safe. For terrorism the message is "this could happen to you!".
- jjn2009 11y ago
  It would be naive to think that turning the other cheek would make these people rethink their viewpoint, if we cannot expect them to rethink their viewpoint by pacifism then what other choice do we have than to take a hard stance against such actions. There should be a good balance between not exploiting peoples fear but also realizing that at some point you have to react.

ascagnel_ 11y ago

The moon landing was a tool to create a different emotion, though. It was to stir up some national pride and put a happy face on the rocket tech that nearly led to a total nuclear annihilation during the cold war.

saiya-jin 11y ago
what I meant that we can achieve amazing stuff as mankind (especially with 60's tech), but still be completely irrational redneck-style when emotions kick in
- ascagnel_ 11y ago
  We're kind of arguing past each other -- you're saying emotions can lead to irrational behavior, while I'm saying emotions can be manipulated for many ends.

cm2187 11y ago

The problem is the more we over react to it, the more we encourage the next attack. When a plane crashes, the medias are now reasonable and repeat again and again that it is an extremely rare event and that flying is very safe. For terrorism the message is "this could happen to you!".

jjn2009 11y ago
It would be naive to think that turning the other cheek would make these people rethink their viewpoint, if we cannot expect them to rethink their viewpoint by pacifism then what other choice do we have than to take a hard stance against such actions. There should be a good balance between not exploiting peoples fear but also realizing that at some point you have to react.