Old Soldier linked to a great analysis by Seth at Hard Astarboard. This is my comment there:
We often speak of “going on with our daily lives and not living in fear” as the best way to show the terrorists that they have not won. But the reality is, they have changed our way of life, and we have no choice but to do so, in order to protect ourselves from the reality of terrorism.
News must be reported; but everytime a terrorist act is broadcast, it is another victory for the terrorist. Because it means getting their message of violence out into the public consciousness. I sometimes wonder what if we never allowed any terrorist activity any airtime at all. Would it continue? After all, part of the motivation is to garner as much media attention as possible. They want the spotlight; they want the media to be complicit in their propaganda of terror.
If we only showed more resolve and a harder stance, it would minimize the impact terrorists see that they have on us. But when we broadcast our grief, our fears, our internal political bickering and dissention, they know that terrorism is effective..and that it works.
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
As you know I always rail against our MSM and believe they are they biggest enabler of terrorism. I mean really, I know most of us want to know whats going on in the world and they would be remiss if they didn’t report on it but show some friggin context please.
The best friends terrorists have is the MSM and the liberal left.
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Bloggers, we should lighten up on Islamic facists…
I’ve been talking with some blog friends, like this one and this one, and decided that I’m spending entirely too much time reporting on Islamo facists. It’s a downer and a drag on the spirit to concentrate on them all…