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>Unless people cease to be afraid (perhaps due to improved numeracy / statistical thinking) I disagree with that approach to framing terrorism because attacks
by marcoperaza 10y ago
>Unless people cease to be afraid (perhaps due to improved numeracy / statistical thinking)
I disagree with that approach to framing terrorism because attacks are not just random violence, they are responses to the specific actions or perceived actions of individuals and governments. Charlie Hebdo and the various cartoonists that have drawn political comics of Mohammed, have (to my knowledge) all found themselves at the receiving end of terrorist attacks, or at least credible threats that require them to change their way of life. Thus there are now broad topics where we don't actually have the freedom of speech that technically exists on paper.
- carbocation 10y agoI was careful not to call the attacks random. Rather, for any individual, it is unlikely that they will be involved in a terrorist attack. The Charlie Hebdo attacks are much more targeted (like an assassination), and seem qualitatively different from what people typically think of when terrorism comes to mind.