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Originally Posted by punkworld
It makes people want to take ineffective measures that do nothing to prevent terrorism but harm the civil liberties that form the very basis of western civilization instread.
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Terrorism depends on the massive over-reaction of the people attacked to have any use. The odds of being harmed by a terrorist attack is substantially less than being harmed by a dog attack, for instance, yet countless hours of talking heads are devoted to every attack, feeding terrorists EXACTLY what they need... international notoriety and attention focused on their political cause. Nothing recruits new members and brings in the donations like a well-promoted track record of success.
If I had to make one suggestion that I believe would help the situation, at least with the 'spillover effect' which is far in excess of the actual damage done caused by the attacks, it would be to treat these events with the due amount of attention: tragic criminal acts that should be dealt with by an international police-style investigation rather than massive carpet bombing of countries that were originally unrelated to terrorist organizations.