Interesting article on Terrorism

[Stumpy 256]

http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/myths-of-terrorism/

In short, it documents what it believes are a few myths around terrorism namely:
Myth # 1: Terrorists are pure evil.
Myth # 2: Terrorists are organized.
Myth # 3: Terrorists are diabolical geniuses.
Myth # 4: Terrorists are poor and uneducated.
Myth # 5: Terrorism is a deadly problem.
Myth # 6: Terrorists will obtain and use a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb.
Myth # 7: Terrorism works.

Interesting - thoughts?

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[gowlerk 1,909]

All things that I'm well aware of. Terrorists are criminals, criminals are for the most part stupid. Pretending you can fight a "war on terror" like fighting a war against a nation state is also stupid.

Well worth emphasizing from the article is this:

"In comparison to homicides in America, deaths from terrorism are statistical noise, barely a blip on a graph compared to the 13,700 homicides a year. "

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[Stumpy 256]

gowlerk

All things that I'm well aware of. Terrorists are criminals, criminals are for the most part stupid. Pretending you can fight a "war on terror" like fighting a war against a nation state is also stupid.

Well worth emphasizing from the article is this:

"In comparison to homicides in America, deaths from terrorism are statistical noise, barely a blip on a graph compared to the 13,700 homicides a year. "

It highlights the FUD that the agencies are putting out around infringing on privacy in the name of combating terrorism. There are some truly horrible pieces of legislation in the works at the moment.

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